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Things to ask when you’re going to present

When you’re going to present with a new organization or on a new stage, there’s a lot you should check before arriving.  To make that easier, here is a list of questions you should ask your event organizers: What kind of mircophones will be used?  Lavaliere, hand mic, over the ear?  Will surgical tape be [...]

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Gantt charts, part 2 of the timeline series

We talked about timelines on October 10, 2011 in this post.  Ane we promised a future post about how to group your activities together.  This is that post! Here’s a refresher of what a Gantt chart looks like:           The true effectiveness of a Gantt chart comes from 2 things:  Are [...]

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Audience metaphor

We’ve just been made aware of a fun metaphor for thinking about your audience and wanted to share: Your audience is a container to pour liquid in.  Your content is the liquid. So what does that mean for you, as a presentation deliverer? Like you prefer to drink clean healthy water, your audience wants clean [...]

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Where to put the presentation machine?

Cross post from marden928.wordpress.com   We go to all kinds of conferences and we run all kinds of conferences (frequently as the chick who designed the presentations, helped plan the presentations or just running the machine so clients can Network). In this capacity as laptop chick, I’m constantly amazed at the confusion around where to [...]

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