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A Review of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

0 Comments 10 March 2010

If you are the slightest bit interested in presenting, then you’ve probably heard as much about Steve Jobs’ mastery of the craft as you have heard about the new iPad. Jobs’ ubiquity as a demi-god of public speaking makes a book like this indispensable but, at the same time, necessarily redundant and adulatory. What’s Hot If you [...]

The Lame

#20 Laser Pointer

1 Comment 04 March 2010

Laser Pointer: [ley-zer poyn-ter] an instrument of ambiguous repute, serving either to magnify the effectiveness of a presentation or completely demolish the speaker’s street cred. Really, their reception is as contextual as light sabers: while watching Star Wars, you’re completely entranced by the skill, anticipation, and reflexes of Luke Skywalker et al. as they wield their [...]

The Lame

#19 Comic Sans

1 Comment 01 March 2010

Comic Sans: [kom-ik sanz] an abominable font designed by unemployed court jesters in the Middle Ages; a type catastrophe known to reduce reputable speakers to infantile rubble. The word ‘comic’ should tip you off. This font is absolutely off limits—unless, of course, you are in the unique position of openly mocking presentations, in which case you [...]

The Good

#17 H2O

0 Comments 22 February 2010

H2O: [waw-ter] Water; the best bet for hydration while presenting. Sometimes, it’s the little things that count. Presentations can be nerve-wracking for many people, like a Bermuda Triangle of emotions. You can do all the right things: be funny, engaging, and authoritative; give concise and pertinent information; and present it all with visually arresting slide design. [...]

The Lame

#16 Flyby

0 Comments 19 February 2010

Flyby: [flahy-bahy] an egomaniacal and reckless presentation that makes no effort to actually communicate information to the audience in interpretable form; a waste of time. Presenters are prone to think of audiences as collections of individuals, all of who are reasonable, civilized, and predisposed to trust them. Presenters are a funny breed in this way. They [...]

Books, Reviews

A Review of Confessions of a Public Speaker

0 Comments 18 February 2010

This new public speaking how-to is the brainchild of ex-Microsofter turned thinker-for-hire Scott Berkun. Instead of offering up a slicker-than-slick coffee table manual on the philosophy of presenting, Berkun has written and funny, friendly, humbly scaled-down manual of hardcore how-to for anyone – from student to celebrity – who speaks in public. What’s Hot Confessions of [...]

The Bad

#15 Igloo Jiggle

0 Comments 17 February 2010

Igloo Jiggle: [ig-loo jig-uhl] an audience’s allergic reaction to a presenter’s use of excess air conditioning to overcome nervous sweating. Let’s talk about humanity, liability, and wakefulness. Did you know that hypothermia can take hold of a human body in 30-45 minutes? And that the average presentation is longer than an hour? Common treatments for hypothermia [...]

The Bad

#14 Jousting

3 Comments 15 February 2010

Jousting: [jowst-ing] the belligerent posing of unanswerable, cryptic, or trick questions by an audience with intent to de-horse a prideful speaker; also, bludgeoning a speaker with a lance. If you’re new to the sport, there are a few key differences between presentation jousting and medieval jousting that you should be aware of: blows are dealt in [...]

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