FleetWeek San Francisco 2010, Adventures With Scribd I’ve been wanting to use Scribd to share more anecdotal experiences. Today, I did just that. Check it out and let me know what you think. You can download my FleetWeek 2010 San Francisco Adventures With Scribd. It is free (unlike many of the presentations on Scribd). […]
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Best practices for public presentations
Photo by James Jordan on Flickr How to effectively communicate your ideas in a public forum We’re a month away from the 5th Annual SNCR Research Symposium, Awards & Anniversary Gala, which will take place Nov. 4-5 at Stanford University. (You should come!) The nonprofit Society for New Communication Research holds annual conferences in […]
Tips on how women can attain ‘true power’ on stage
I’ve been astonished by how many of my friends and colleagues have thrust themselves into the public eye by writing books, appearing on panels or going full tilt into public speaking. I’ve even detected a small uptick (finally!) in the number of women appearing on stage at tech conferences. I’ve spoken at my fair share of public events, and what public speakers often have in common is an uncertainty of how to engage the audience with command and assurance.