Part 1 of this series is here. Let’s just reiterate our starting position here: MOST PRESENTATIONS SUUUUUUUUUCK! This happens at all stages of the life-cycle of a presentation, but if your base preparation is below par, then no amount of shiny graphics and animation will save you – sucky foundation, sucky presentation. To rise above the background…
Rowan Manahan
Rowan Manahan is The Insultant. He blogs at Fortify Your Oasis (http://fortifyservices.blogspot.com). Apart from roaring (occasionally) helpful advice at his clients, he has written the best-seller Where's My Oasis? (the essential handbook for everyone wanting that perfect job). He also writes for a variety of newspapers and magazines and runs Fortify Services (http://www.fortifyservices.com) - an Irish-based careers and personal development consultancy.Posts by Rowan Manahan
Presentation Masterclass – Part 1: Introduction
I have been observing, delivering and training people in presentation techniques for over 20 years now and my considered, professional, opinion on the subject is this: MOST PRESENTATIONS SUUUUUUUUCK! In almost every sphere of human endeavour, the outcome can be plotted on a bell-curve – a few really skilled people over on the right, a few really…
Guy Kawasaki’s Thoughts on Online Life
Guy Kawasaki visited Ireland to deliver his Art Of The Start talk at the Irish Software Association’s annual conference. His ‘Irished-up’ version of the talk was warmly received by a packed house. Despite his busy work and tourist schedule (this was his first visit to Ireland) Guy found time to sit down…
Where am I going? Putting your life in context.
The great writer and thinker, Christopher Morley, famously wrote: There are three ingredients to the good life – learning, earning and yearning. An average lifespan in the developed world is 70-something years – as indicated on the bar below. Each of the phases of that life has different characteristics. The Learning phase typically stretches from the…
Communication 101
A commenter on my blog sent me this little morsel: A project manager was running a piece of work with a geographically dispersed team. The team leader was tasked with communicating some bad news to the team members in another city, so he phoned them all and had a conversation with them. A couple of weeks later…
