Tag Archives: presenting
Lessons from Trainersville
Yesterday I ran my first ever day-long training workshop. I’ve done plenty of workshops before, and written my own material, but this was the first time I’d ever planned, written and delivered an entire day on my own, start to … Continue reading
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Laugh? I nearly got a D: teaching as stand-up comedy.
Just been watching a clip from last weekend’s Presentation Camp LA (which, if I’d known more than 12 hours in advance that it was happening, I’d have found some way of attending) — Lisa Braithewaite talks about the importance of enthusiasm, … Continue reading
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Visual identity in the classroom
When I was in high school, we had a history teacher who had long stringy hair and the voice of a 60-a-day smoker. She gave the appearance of having lived two or three times over in her fortysomething years; the … Continue reading
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You need to love your audience (at least a little) if you want them to love you back
One of the nice things about doing what I do is that frequently, I get to sit and listen to other people communicate their research. Sometimes they manage to do this despite their visual aids, and sometimes they manage it despite … Continue reading
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