http://www.scenechange.com.au/blog/?p=1535 Tips on creating presentations with personality Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:35:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.scenechange.com.au/blog/?p=1535&cpage=1#comment-25170 Kevin Kane Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:53:06 +0000 http://www.scenechange.com.au/blog/?p=1535#comment-25170 We misguidedly think that holding a question period after our presentation will help us further engage the audience. But like you said: for large audiences or product launches, the Q&A session kills positive momentum. We misguidedly think that holding a question period after our presentation will help us further engage the audience. But like you said: for large audiences or product launches, the Q&A session kills positive momentum.

]]> http://www.scenechange.com.au/blog/?p=1535&cpage=1#comment-11606 Jean-Luc Lebrun Thu, 13 May 2010 10:46:37 +0000 http://www.scenechange.com.au/blog/?p=1535#comment-11606 Ah, yes! The smugger, but don't forget the rambler, the serial Q&A killer, the list killer, the unintelligible foreign questioner, the wrong-room questioner, and more! If Q&As are hijacked, then let's train speakers on how to deal with hijackers.There are techniques - rarely described, naturally. Experience tells me that training scientists to Q&A techniques is like vaccinating them. As soon as a situation develops, they identify which one within 15 seconds from the start of the question, and deploy the anti-hijacking verbal artillery. I wrote a book chapter on these techniques (When the scientist presents). Ah, yes! The smugger, but don’t forget the rambler, the serial Q&A killer, the list killer, the unintelligible foreign questioner, the wrong-room questioner, and more! If Q&As are hijacked, then let’s train speakers on how to deal with hijackers.There are techniques - rarely described, naturally. Experience tells me that training scientists to Q&A techniques is like vaccinating them. As soon as a situation develops, they identify which one within 15 seconds from the start of the question, and deploy the anti-hijacking verbal artillery. I wrote a book chapter on these techniques (When the scientist presents).

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