SteveRobson
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I am a Technical Training and Learning & Development Specialist with over 25 years experience of delivery and implementation of the most up to date training methods and techniques. I've worked in 4 continents and at least 15 different countries across many cultures. I have experience of working in Marine, Defense, Aerospace, Engineering, Oil and Gas, Construction and Government Organisations where I have designed and delivered training to the highest level. I am an all rounder who gets particular satisfaction from working with subject matter experts who want to improve their training skills. I regularly undertake CPD activities such as reading. networking, conferences and seminars.
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Hi Steve
Really hate it when people criticise PowerPoint. There is nothing wrong with the software, it's the people who don't know how to use it!
In line with your idea this one is really great from Hans Rosling using vegetables. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukaspI9Xgyg
David McCandless also very good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zg-C8AAIGg
Not sure why this is still called "Traditional"
Training has been based on "doing" for at least 15 years.
Anyone doing anything else probably isn't even employed or in business in 2016.
SMEs excluded, that's a different issue.
Dog gets confused by the bone china
Sorry forgot the links...
http://vimeo.com/88874961
http://vimeo.com/44328469
Or you could forget all the rules and do it like Ling Valentine.
Crazy, but informative and entertaining.
One of my favourite posters states...
"It is the audiences job to sleep and your job to keep them awake"
Webex meetings sometimes have "technical problems"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MESCC-MzS-8
Sent you a PM...please email me if you still have my address?
I attended a webinar last week by a very profficient facillitator. Probably the best one I have ever attended...after 20 minutes I was cheking my email and multi tasking...it is good and definetely part of what "we" should be doing but 15 minutes max I think.
If she couldn't keep my attention then a less experienced person wouldn't last 5 minutes.
More importantly...what did I learn in 60 minutes?
A) No idea
Great article and I agree with most of it but a "talking head" is better than no talking at all in my opinion.
Production costs and technical expertise also rise dramatically when you start moving on from the talking head.
The best example of talking with images I have ever seen is An Inconvenient Truth where Al Gore gives a master class in how it should be done.
Can I ask what the purpose of the "10 commandments" is?
I have only 2 thoughts...
1) If you have no experience of presenting they won't help
2) If you are an experienced presenter they won't help?
Who are they aimed at? The more I read tem the more strange they seem?