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• Assessing Your Default, Author, Dale Ludwig, Delivering Your Presentation, Delivery, FAQs, Facilitation, Myths Debunked, presentation

  What We Can Learn from the Oscars

  02.26.13 | Permalink | Comment?

  by Dale Ludwig, President and Trainer at Turpin Communication

  I watched the 85th annual Oscar telecast on Sunday. I usually watch the show, and this year I actually stayed awake until the end. What I like about the Oscars is not so much who wins, but what people say after they’ve won one. I don’t know [...]

• Author, Facilitation, Greg Owen-Boger, Myths Debunked, Training, presentation

  Adult Learners Often Need to Unlearn Before Learning

  01.21.13 | Permalink | Comment?

  By Greg Owen-Boger, VP and Trainer at Turpin Communication

  If you’ve known us and our work here at Turpin Communication for any period of time, you know that we spend a great deal of time debunking myths and helping people unlearn unhelpful (and sometimes harmful) ideas about presenting, facilitating, and training.
  You need only visit our blog [...]

• Author, Dale Ludwig, Delivery, Myths Debunked, presentation

  Sometimes the slide IS more important

  01.14.13 | Permalink | Comment?

  by Dale Ludwig, President and Trainer at Turpin Communication
  I was working with a presenter the other day who was stuck in what we call no man’s land. No man’s land is a spot about half way between the laptop and the screen. It doesn’t matter what size the room is or how the equipment is [...]

• Author, Dale Ludwig, Delivery, Myths Debunked, Preparation, presentation

  Six Red Flags for Business Presenters

  09.10.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  by Dale Ludwig, President and Trainer at Turpin Communication
  I was on Linkedin this morning reading updates. While I was there, I saw a link to a blog that made me cringe. It was a post about how to deliver a perfect presentation. I clicked on it and saw, as I suspected, that every tip that [...]

• Author, Delivery, Greg Owen-Boger, Myths Debunked, Preparation, presentation

  Practice Makes Perfect… or not.

  09.04.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  By Greg Owen-Boger, VP and Trainer at Turpin Communication
  A lot of people will tell you to “practice, practice, practice” because “practice makes perfect.”
  When it comes to presenting, this is some of the worst advice you can get or give.
  Practicing a presentation cannot possibly lead to perfection.
  Here’s why.
  Effective presentations are not speeches (which I suppose could [...]

• Author, Dale Ludwig, Delivery, Myths Debunked, Training, presentation

  “I took a public speaking course.”

  08.13.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  by Dale Ludwig, President and Trainer at Turpin Communication
  I went to the theatre last night to see a performance of “Here Lies Henry,” a play by Daniel MacIvor. Full disclosure: I’m on the board of the company producing the play. But don’t worry, this is not a plug for this production or the company producing [...]

• Author, Dale Ludwig, Delivery, FAQs, Facilitation, Myths Debunked, Preparation, Training

  Work and Fun, In That Order

  05.21.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  by Dale Ludwig, President and Trainer at Turpin Communication
  This is a follow up to a post I wrote earlier this year entitled “Do you really expect me to respond to that?” In that entry I wrote about how the opening of your presentation or training session should not rely on really obvious rhetorical questions or [...]

• Author, Delivery, FAQs, Greg Owen-Boger, Myths Debunked, Preparation, Video

  What Rules Do You Have For Creating Visual Aids?

  04.09.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  by Greg Owen-Boger, Vice President at Turpin Communication
  Followers of this blog know that we are not a fan of rules. In this video blog, Greg Owen-Boger outlines some important things to consider when creating visual aids for presentations.

• Author, Dale Ludwig, Delivery, Introduction, Myths Debunked, Preparation, presentation

  Do you really expect me to respond to that?

  03.26.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  by Dale Ludwig, President and Trainer at Turpin Communication
  Maybe it’s just me or maybe it’s because of the work I do, but one thing that bugs me is a presenter who expects active participation from an audience without earning it. This can take many forms, but I’ll talk about a couple of really obvious ones.
  First, [...]

• Author, Delivery, FAQs, Myths Debunked, Organizing Your Content, Preparation, Sarah Stocker

  Is There A Magic Number Of Slides?

  03.20.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  By Sarah Stocker, Trainer and Workshop Coordinator at Turpin Communication
  Question:
  I’ve been told that I should use no more than X# of slides. Is that true?
  Answer:
  It depends. If this is a rule coming down from your bosses, then you should follow it. They probably want you to use a specific template for your presentation.
  Otherwise, there is [...]

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