Effective Presentation Skills: Substance with Style

Effective Presentation Skills: Substance with Style

Oct. 1, 2007 by

Cicero, the great Roman statesman and orator, said that he preferred tongue-tied intelligence to ignorant loquacity. That’s a convenient polarity, and one we’re familiar with. We see the former occasionally when college professors make an appearance on national TV. They

Presentation Skills: Doing it in the road

Presentation Skills: Doing it in the road

Sep. 14, 2007 by

I believe one of the best models for presenting skills is the act of giving directions to someone who has stopped her car, leaned out the window, and said, “How do I get to Bloomfield Avenue?” If you’re standing in front of your house, and you

Effective Speaking: Keeping Attention

Effective Speaking: Keeping Attention

Aug. 27, 2007 by

Back in the days before Gutenberg, it took months or years for a few dedicated scribes to create a single copy of a single book.  A literate medieval person, provided he or she was not interrupted by the Inquistion or