AdverGirl.com has a great post on her blog listing the top 10 signs that you’ve lost the meeting. My favorites… #4. The Blackberry Daisy ChainLet me assure you: this really happened. It is not the stuff of folklore. I heard it from the stranded facilitator herself. First, one Blackberry buzzes away on the conference table. […]
We always knew presentations could be boring — but could they actually be KILLING YOU??? I ran across a very cool presentation on SlideShare by Alexei Kapterev titled “Death by PowerPoint.” Alexei provides solid suggestions and guidelines for improving your presentation skills, and successfully delivering your message to the audience in a manner that allows […]
An email I received yesterday – that I thought worthy to share as a smile came across my face as I read it…. Excerpt: “They took me through 4.5 hours of interviews with 9 people and ended it with me giving them a presentation. I dutifully had printed out 9 copies of riveting PowerPoint to […]
Taking four cues from the Gloria Gaynor disco hit, @SlideMagnet has posted an “I will Surviv(al)” guide for your unfortunate audience members. Go Walk Out the DoorThat’s right… it’s an option. And if you can’t leave, sit close to the exit and take a few ‘breaks’ during the boring meeting. Just Turn It Around NowBeing […]
Seth Godin shares nine ways to get serious about your business meeting problems, getting things done, and saving time. He’s offered a full refund if not fully satisfied with the results. 😉 My favorites…#1: All problems aren’t the same, so why are all meetings the same? #4: Remove all the chairs from the meeting room. […]
It’s interesting how things change in just a couple years since the first edition of Boring Meetings Suck was released. I find it fascinating to review and even use some of the social media applications and technologies that have gone mainstream in use of the organization, documentation and distribution of information related to our still […]
Seth says in his blog post today: “If people aren’t discussing your products, your services, your cause, your movement or your career, there’s a reason. The reason is that you’re boring.” How do you get UN-boring?Well, if we’re talking Boring Meetings, you need to buy a copy of our book . If it’s something else, […]
Someone built a wiki page that collects ideas on things to do while sitting in a boring meeting.http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ActivitiesForBoringMeetings I wonder where they found the time to build it… using the time spent sitting in boring meetings perhaps???
This guy’s PowerPoint skills are so bad, he took a presentation on tour and became a successful comedian! Don McMillan provides a humorous (and yet insightful) presentation on how people should NOT be using PowerPoint.
It can be according to CNBC.com Managing Editor Allen Wastler! In his article “Read What’s Boring… It’s Good For You” Wastler makes this comment: “People generally don’t read boring stuff, even though they should.” The article is about boring emails and legal disclaimers that would better educate and advise people if they read them (but […]
