TheVP – Page 79 – The Virtual Presenter

Run, don’t walk

TheVP
posted on January 14, 2009December 1, 2011
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I read a LOT of books on presenting and presentations, and one day perhaps I’ll get around to creating an annotated bibilography so I can spare you owning many of the poor ones. But you’ve got to own Beyond Bullet Points, and more importantly, go to BeyondBulletPoints.com and become a

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(Web) events are indeed projects

TheVP
posted on January 13, 2009December 1, 2011
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The 1080 Group world headquarters is a tiny office we rent (most of the crew work from home offices), so my jumping-up-and-down-for-joy was noticed by no-one. I was cruising Guy Kawasaki’s cool Alltop site when I bumped into The Event Manager Blog espousing for terrestrial events what

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Learning from each other

TheVP
posted on January 13, 2009December 1, 2011
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You’re a presenter, trainer, marketer, sales person. You know stuff. And it’s likely that you from time to time you need to remind yourself how much you know that is of value to others. I’m inspired today by a nice note I got from a training manager at Nationwide (we should

Posted in Life Skills, Observation Deck, Strategy

“Meet now” – the legacy and the lesson

TheVP
posted on January 12, 2009December 1, 2011
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This post is at once a history lesson, a cultural observation, and a practical. (Of course, if you hate stories as part of learning, you’ll hate me as a teacher and can save some time by changing the channel now 🙂 Let me help with something random.) First, the history lesson. Many web

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LiveMeeting: F5 for full screen mode

TheVP
posted on January 11, 2009December 1, 2011
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One quick reminder for users of Microsoft’s LiveMeeting… F5 will toggle you into and out of full screen mode. And a tip for presenters… repeat this to your attendees several times during your presentation. Don’t assume the audience heard, remembers, or was even present for