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Making Technical Presentations Personal

Posted by Dianna Booher - March 22, 2010 - Communication—Oral
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So take it from Mellody or me, when you’re called on to present technical information, there’s no reason to check your personality at the door.

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Pare Presentation Slides

Posted by Dianna Booher - March 17, 2010 - Communication—Oral
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A coaching client recently brought her slide deck for review as we hammered out her message for a major presentation to the executive team—annual update and strategy meeting for her business unit. There peppered between the big themes, accomplishments, goals, and challenges popped up meaningless slides that I call “placeholders.” Placeholders include slides that say [...]

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Subject Lines Should Say Something

Posted by Dianna Booher - March 10, 2010 - Communication—Written, Email Hints
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All too often they don’t. A quick scan through the subject lines of the messages in my inbox provides very little useful information.  The subject lines read… A Quick Question  (They never are…) Time Sensitive  (What isn’t?) May I Ask a Question?  (No, I don’t have time.) Are You Available Friday at 3:00?  (It depends.) [...]

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Texting: The Big Tease—or Trap?

Posted by Dianna Booher - March 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
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Texting has become a hybrid language unto itself—like sign language for the hearing-impaired or the slang teens invent to create a world all their own. Texting shortcuts such as gr8 or C U 2moro tossed into a formal document suggest that some naïve soul fails to understand the importance of language to his or her career. [...]

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