Archive for November, 2008
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Virtual Meeting Success: Disaster Preparedness for Teleconference Nightmares — “At first people thought it was static. But, they soon realized that one of the participants was snoring. And everyone heard it! The snoozing participant had forgotten to turn on his mute button. There was nothing to do but ride it out. Sound familiar? Well, I [...]
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Brent Dykes, PowerPoint Ninja, was kind enough to add Breaking Murphy’s Law to his collection of presentation and PowerPoint resources: There are many blogs that touch upon these subjects, but only a subset of them are compelling and insightful. * Garr Reynolds’ Presentation Zen blog * Jan Schultink’s Slides that Stick blog * Lee Potts’ [...]
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Do you expect to be attending any important business meetings in the United States this coming Thursday or Friday? I didn’t think so. It’s safe to say a that large percentage of my readers are expecting to spend this Thursday (Thanksgiving) through Sunday eating, drinking, shopping and hanging out with family and friends. However, say [...]
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
We have a ton of really great links this week. Enjoy! a shel of my former self: Connecting to the Net in 1992 — Great story from the bad old days. “We found the AV tech and explained that we had requested a direct line. ‘Right,’ he said, ‘and that’s how you get a direct [...]
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
…to prevent presentation disaster later. (Assuming you haven’t already done so.) 1) Make a boilerplate packing list: Leaving something behind is one of the surest ways to screw up your ability to present successfully. It’s also one of the most preventable. If you are involved in more than two or three presentations a year, you [...]
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
We’re experiencing our first real cold snap of the season here in the beautiful Philadelphia Metropolitan Area so it seems like a good time for a quick, weather-related warning/reminder.: If your presentation equipment has been allowed to get very cold during transport (maybe because it’s been in your trunk instead of the nice toasty back [...]
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
PowerPoint Ninja: 8 Tips for Effective Team PowerPoint Presentations — Great suggestions from someone who has obviously lived this situation. “When you’re working independently on your own PowerPoint slides, you have full control over the outcome of your presentation. Coordinating a PowerPoint presentation with other individuals introduces new challenges, which can frustrate even PowerPoint ninjas [...]
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
#seattlecodecamp murphys law strikes a presentation! If it presentation needs the network it won’t be available. Jeff tucker called it. ~darkxanthos (Justin Bozonier) Post to Delicious Post to Facebook
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
[UPDATE: This post outlines an addition to "The Principles". The post that started it all is here. The most up-to-date version will be maintained at breakingmurphyslaw.com/the-principles/.] A couple weeks ago, when I posted “The Seven Principles of Presentation Disaster Avoidance (Version 0.1 beta)” I knew two things right off the bat (even before all the [...]
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
Great Public Speaking: Tough Venues — “Did you ever present in a barn? How about a bowling alley? How about a community center where drum lessons are being given in the next room? Well I’ve been in all those situations and more and so far I’ve survived the recurring nightmares and waking up in a [...]
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