Whatever can be seen
and a potential for loss or gain.
This point is contained in this week’s video clip that focuses on Key message one, of the Art of Communication through Video Conference, Series#1. Namely:
Make sure you set up the environment for a professional video conference.
Recently a participant in one of my Delivering memorable messages programmes – a woman of relatively small, physical stature – made the above comment when I was coaching her on how to gesture, to inhabit the physical space in front and at the side of her body.
However, when I asked other participants who were observing her, whether they thought the woman was occupying too much space, they said that she wasn’t – and that she had projected more certainty than she normally did.
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The date was 20 April 1987.
That was the day Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin unearthed a monster – PowerPoint.
I’m sure Gaskins and Austin had no intention of reeking havoc with their new software creation. They’re probably nice guys, and good on them for making $14 million when they sold PowerPoint to Microsoft.
Leaving aside all the pejorative statements about PowerPoint. For example, death by PowerPoint, why – why, are you still using PowerPoint, so ineffectively? (If you’re using the software well, apologies).
More importantly, what should you do about it?
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