Comments on: How to be an ‘interesting’ speaker http://www.creativityworks.net/how-to-be-an-interesting-speaker/ public speaking, speech writing, speech coaching, presentation skills training, messages that stick. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Susie Finch http://www.creativityworks.net/how-to-be-an-interesting-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Susie Finch Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:10:53 +0000 http://www.creativityworks.net/?p=585#comment-139 I also loved the herd metaphor: you are spot on that no matter how much an individual may loathe 'boring' PowerPoint presentations there is still the tendency to go down the bullet point road themselves - because they think it's what people expect. Personally I think the video (introduced to me by Garry Platt) in this feature http://is.gd/8v5FG should be complusory viewing for everyone using PowerPoint - it still makes me smile. A couple of years ago I saw a presentation that had just a few slides - one of a sandwhich, one of a plate of sandwhiches and then the dessert. The fact that I can still recall the images (and the point they illustrated) speaks volumes - the presentation didn't have anything to do with sandwhiches by the way! Perhaps 'passion' should be the subect for your next blog Martin? In which case this may be of interest http://is.gd/8uF8m. Susie I also loved the herd metaphor: you are spot on that no matter how much an individual may loathe ‘boring’ PowerPoint presentations there is still the tendency to go down the bullet point road themselves – because they think it’s what people expect. Personally I think the video (introduced to me by Garry Platt) in this feature http://is.gd/8v5FG should be complusory viewing for everyone using PowerPoint – it still makes me smile.
A couple of years ago I saw a presentation that had just a few slides – one of a sandwhich, one of a plate of sandwhiches and then the dessert. The fact that I can still recall the images (and the point they illustrated) speaks volumes – the presentation didn’t have anything to do with sandwhiches by the way!
Perhaps ‘passion’ should be the subect for your next blog Martin? In which case this may be of interest http://is.gd/8uF8m.

Susie

]]> By: Simon Roskrow http://www.creativityworks.net/how-to-be-an-interesting-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Simon Roskrow Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:17:48 +0000 http://www.creativityworks.net/?p=585#comment-138 Hi Martin Another thing, that even some of the most frequent presenters miss, is putting a broad enough effort into understanding the audience. The 'analytical' side of it tends to be done reasonably well by good presenters (who are the audience, what are they interested in, what is there knowledge level etc etc), but the 'emotional' side tends to be forgotten - what will the audience think of the delivery style and technique. For most people, it doesn't take a great deal of creative imagination to imagine what it is like watching and listening to someone read lengthy bullet points from slide number 78 of 154 - but putting a small amount of effort into really remembering how that feels will do more to put decent people off doing that to any one else than just about anything else! Put yourself in your audience's shoes, for both content and style preparation... Simon Roskrow trainingreality Hi Martin

Another thing, that even some of the most frequent presenters miss, is putting a broad enough effort into understanding the audience. The ‘analytical’ side of it tends to be done reasonably well by good presenters (who are the audience, what are they interested in, what is there knowledge level etc etc), but the ‘emotional’ side tends to be forgotten – what will the audience think of the delivery style and technique.

For most people, it doesn’t take a great deal of creative imagination to imagine what it is like watching and listening to someone read lengthy bullet points from slide number 78 of 154 – but putting a small amount of effort into really remembering how that feels will do more to put decent people off doing that to any one else than just about anything else!

Put yourself in your audience’s shoes, for both content and style preparation…

Simon Roskrow
trainingreality

]]> By: Duncan Brodie http://www.creativityworks.net/how-to-be-an-interesting-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Duncan Brodie Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:58:19 +0000 http://www.creativityworks.net/?p=585#comment-137 Martin Another great blog post. Loved the metaphor about the herd and the fact that even a minor adjustment to the norm can make a huge difference. Keep up the great work. Duncan Brodie Goals and Achievements Martin

Another great blog post. Loved the metaphor about the herd and the fact that even a minor adjustment to the norm can make a huge difference.

Keep up the great work.

Duncan Brodie
Goals and Achievements

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