There are many “truths” about public speaking, and presentations, that have been spread throughout the years. Well, it turns out that they may not all be true.
Fortunately, we’ve enlisted the help of Joshua Davies, former faculty at Yonsei University in Seoul and now a corporate consultant at the LAM Institute, to help us understand what the 3 biggest public speaking myths are. In case you don’t know, Yonsei is one of Korea’s “SKY” universities, or one of the top 3 universities in the country. I think you’re all going to learn a lot and really enjoy Joshua’s style and knowledge.
Featured Pro: Joshua Davies – “The 3 Myths of Public Speaking” (more…)
You’re in for a real treat this week, especially if you are a student that needs to give presentations or perhaps you teach presentations.
We have Tim Thompson as our Featured Pro this week and Tim is a Visiting Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), which is basically the Korean MIT.
So, I’m going to keep this short because we’ve got a 16 minute interview with Tim we want you to check out.
Hope you enjoy the interview and let us know what you think or if you have any questions about what Tim says.
Like we mentioned, this is a great interview and it is suitable for anyone, not only students, because you’ll get a kind of checklist for how to determine whether your presentations are successful or not.
Here is Tim’s bio:
Tim Thompson (MA TESOL) has been teaching in universities in Korea for more than ten years. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon. Tim is a lifetime member of KOTESOL and serves at the coordinator for KOTESOL Teacher Trainers (KTT) and the Editor-in-Chief of The English Connection magazine. Tim is the CEO and co-founder of Education Anyware, an e-learning design and consulting company which creates and records simulations for language practice and testing. He is also the creator of the Teaching English at KAIST (TEAK) Podcast on iTunes and the Blagonwight Twins book series which can be read for free in many languages at www.blagonwights.com. Visit Tim’s professional website at www.timothyoday.com or send him an email atthompson@kaist.ac.kr.
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Your Content Affects Your Design. Get Over It.
By Nolan Haims
Last week I was working on a fairly important C-suite level presentation. The stakes were high, and it had to be done right. After the designer presented an initial few approaches using preliminary content, our client grew frustrated that it looked “too PowerPoint-y.†I agreed and suggested splitting up many of the slides to allow for one message per slide, instead of the current blocks of bullet points on each page. “Absolutely not,†I was told. “We can’t change any of the content.†I attempted to explain to the client that turning one slide into five wouldn’t change the message at all, but he was having none of it. (more…)