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TBA Techniques to Ruin a (Potentially) Good Oral Presentation

We all aquire sophisticated skills at School or University, only to find out that, once we are employed, the central trade required is COMMUNICATION. Dread of all, of course, is not the motivating MEMO, nor the refreshing REPORT --- No, alas, it is the awful ORAL presentation. Armed with shaking hands, and quivering voice, we mix up transparencies, miss important information, and forget the key points. What can be done to give a talk that COMMUNICATES, that passes along the intended message and avoids the pitfalls? Here I present a USER'S MANUAL for presentations that require and use graphical aids. No theory, no philosophy; just a set of guides that are well tried and can be easily followed, AND THAT GUARANTEE FAILURE.

 Speaker:
Jan Korvink

Host:
Monica van der Weele

 

 

 

 

 

 

This event took place at:

11h00 on Sunday, 30.05.1999

at

Yuval Levy
Konradstr. 11
8005 Zurich


On this Sunday we enjoyed a particularly light-hearted, yet acutely insightful observation of our public speaking habits - or rather - boo boos.

Our guest speaker - Prof. Dr. JAN KORVINK - could not have been more qualified. Being at IMTEK, the Institute for Microsystem Technology at the University of Freiburg, Germany, Jan deals almost exclusively with joint business ventures between the institute and companies world-wide. This means that no-nonsense communication skills, cultural sensitivity, as well as the make-or-break 15 minutes are central to his daily raison d'être. We thoroughly enjoyed his wisdom.

MONICA - as host - got the brunch buffet up and running - and the chocolate-coated strawberries even managed to keep their hats on in the summer heat.