How you know your training sessions are working; Remote Presentations That Rock
We facilitated “Remote Presentations That Rock” for the second women’s leadership group a few weeks ago. After watching the video, one of the participants (Ruhuni) said that the tips sounded very familiar. She asked us if our executive sponsor (Sharon) had been in the previous session. Ruhuni said...
Source: sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek
Book: Leading Out Loud
Leading Out Loud: Inspiring Change Through Authentic CommunicationsTerry Pearce, 2003
Excellent advice on being authentic. Good point starting p133 about when not to take questions, and how to address difficult questions.
When not to take questions:
If the speech is your first advocacy for a...
Source: sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek
Reflecting on how I can create value
I reviewed my past eight years of blog posts and dusted off some articles that I think still have some uncaptured value in them.
Public speaking and presentation skills
http://sachachua.com/wp/2009/11/11/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-webinar-part-1-front-row-seats/
http://sachachua.com/wp/2009/11/12/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-webinar-part-2-from-audience-to-participants/
http://sachachua.com/wp/2009/11/13/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-webinar-part-3-reading-the-room/
http://sachachua.com/wp/2009/10/14/7-tips-for-remote-presentations-that-rock/
http://sachachua.com/wp/2009/06/24/notes-from-totally-rocking-presentations-at-ibm/
http://sachachua.com/wp/2009/10/09/public-speaker-worried-about-losing-control-dont-have-lectures-have-conversations/...
Source: sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek
Thinking about how I can make the most of editing; The world is an amazing candy-store of talent
I’ve been thinking of ways to get even better at communicating. Blogging and volunteering to do lots of presentations has helped me figure out what I want to talk about and how I want to talk about it, and I’m looking forward to exploring this further over the years. What could really help me take...
Source: sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek
How I learned to stop worrying and love the webinar: Part 3: Reading the room
Many speakers tell me that they don’t like webinars because they can’t read people’s body language. We rely so much on watching people’s body language when giving a presentation. Is the talk too slow? Too fast? Do people agree? Disagree? Doubt? Are people too warm or too cold? Where in the talk...
Source: sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek
My talks in 2009
Totally Rocking Your Drupal Development Environment, IBM
Totally Rocking Your Development Environment, DrupalCon 2009
Totally Rocking Your Development Environment, Drupal Peru
Totally Rocking IBM: FutureBlue and Web 2.0
New Employees and a Smarter Planet (slides only)
Networking outside the...
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How I learned to stop worrying and love the webinar: Part 2: From audience to participants
Speakers and audiences see very different things.
Looking out from the stage, you see a large group of people. As much as you try to make sure that you make eye contact with individuals, you’re always aware that you’re talking with a group. Your language might even reflect that. For example, in...
Source: sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek
How I learned to stop worrying and love the webinar – Part 1: The best seats in the house
I was talking to one of my mentors about the recent presentation I’d given on Remote Presentations That Rock. I told him that I actually prefer giving webinars over giving face-to-face presentations because I can connect with people better that way. This surprised him, because most speakers still...
Source: sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek
Public speaker worried about losing control? Don’t have lectures – have conversations
Public speaking is the greatest fear people have, and losing control seems to be the greatest fear that public speakers have. Like the way that companies have to adapt to social media's effects on brands, speakers have to adapt to the reactions that spread like wildfire through social tools, reaching people far outside the auditorium's walls.
This fear of losing control is interesting, because I love turning that speaker-audience relationship upside down. It's incredibly more powerful...
Source: sacha chua :: enterprise 2.0 consultant, storyteller, geek
