Thank you Dutch, Rick, Tom, Emily, Bernie, Margie and Andrea (another
Andrea...I did not reply to my own question!).
For all of you who are interested, below are the responses I received to my
questions about Presentation Skills videos. Thanks for your willing
assistance!!!
Andrea
Andrea Sigetich Affiliates
Organization Coaching for magnificent management and team development
Personal Coaching for amazing individual results
OrgCoach@aol.com
When I was teaching public speaking, I used speeches taped off of
C-SPAN. They have a block of speeches every Sat. night called American
Perspectives. When Congress is in session the House has a tradition of
opening its daily business sessions with One Minute Speeches. While these
may be partisan in their nature, students can see a large degree of
differences in the presentation styles of our elected officials. BTW some
of these people could use some help.
You might want to talk to your university's communication
department to see if they have some videos that they can share. Almost
all speech textbooks come with something of this sort. And feel free call
on me with questions. I can point you to some other sources on the WWW.
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Great Optimism,
Dutch Driver
Abilene, TX
Hm. Telephone: 915.698.7217
mailto:
ddriver@cs1.mcm.edu
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A great example of a poor presentation (that might be very typical
in a current day board room) is a scene from BIG where SALES is
presenting the concept of a building that turns into a robot to
the board where JOSH (TOM HANKS) is present.
Thanks,
Rick Corcoran
corcoranre@excelinc.com
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I read your posting and want to pass on some information that you may
find useful in your coaching on presentations skills. I am a "Trainer
of Trainers" and have recently incorporated the "Personal Learning
Insights Profile" into my program and have had great success.
The Profile is a flexible tool that helps
individuals/presenters/facilitators clearly understand different
learning preferences/styles. I integrated the profile just before I go
into the topic on "Presentation Methods". It really strikes the
important point for speakers to use a variety of methods in order to
attrack and respond to the diverse learning preferences of your
audience.
As I think about it, this would be an excellent tool to incorporate into
your coaching process. Perhaps it will add value and client time as
you help them interpret their individualized profile results.
The profile provides a self-directed scoring and interpreting process
that actively engages the presenter in the context of his/her
own personal experiences.
If you'd like to examine the profile, I can send you an evaluation copy
for just $9 (reg $13) plus postage/handling. Just let me know where to
send it and I'll be happy to invoice you directly.
By the way, we have a library of 8 other Profiles (self-assessment
tools) that would be excellent coaching strategies. I'd be happy to
send you more information.
I look forward to contributing to your project success.
Tom Sullivan, M.P.A. TRAINER AND DISTRIBUTOR FOR
Learning and Training Specialist CARLSON LEARNING COMPANY
Professional Growth Associates
http://www.carlsonlearning.com
P.O. Box 453, Library, PA 15129
412-835-7341
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Shortly after the Challenger disaster, there was a videotape making the
rounds showing the presentation by the engineer (whose name sounds like
beaujoilais, but is spelled differently, I believe) who warned
Morton-Thiokol about the O-rings. When you watched his presentation, it
was not surprising that no one bought his warning. It's the only case I
know of where a person's presentation skills--or lack thereof--had a
life-and-death impact on a situation.
I used to have the videotape, but I left it with Westinghouse when I
left--and I understand that later all my files were disposed of. I think I
ordered it originally from someone in the Organizational Behavior Teaching
Society, but I can't remember who.
Emily Schultheiss
Why settle for surviving...when you could be thriving?
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I have been an advisor to Players Workshop of Chicago, a school of
improvisational theater (in fact, the oldest continuous school here in
the States), and taking classes there as well. We have melded improv
techniques with straight "platform skills" (e.g., "don't turn your back
to the audience -- they might think you are ready to leave the room") as
well as pre-and post video playbacks of their actual presentations. You
might want to consider something similar for your group either with
Players or with a local group.
To illustrate what I mean .... When a person looks at a tape of
themselves, they tend to focus on how they look, sound, etc. What they
generally do not consider is how they perceive their audience. In our
Workshop we have people make a presentation as if to a roomful of
children, gangsters, people who have been up all night drinking, etc.
The effect on the presenter is to become aware of the implicit
assumptions they make about their audiences (e.g., "the enemy", "empty
heads needing filling", etc.), have fun with imagining them differently,
be able to "warm" up their style, etc.
If you are interested, I would be happy to put you in touch with the
person at Players Workshop who really knows about this stuff.
Bernie
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Bernard Liebowitz, PhD
Advisor & Consultant
to Business & Management
980 No. Michigan Ave., Ste. 1400
Chicago, Il 60611
tel} 773/334-2003
fax} 773/334-2004
email}
bernie@liebowitzassoc.com
http://
www.liebowitzassoc.com
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The name of the video is PRESENTATION EXCELLENCE. I purchased the video
from Videolearning Systems, Inc., 354 W. Lancaster Ave., Haverford, PA
19041, 610-896-6600 as that's the company I used when I lived in
Pennsylvania; however, I think any training video vendor could locate it for
you. If I am able to get the name of the direct distributor, I'll
forward it. I do have an outline and description of the video that I wrote
if you need that.
Margie Summerscales
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The company who owns the rights to the Cronkite program and produced it is
WingsNet, Inc. in Schaumburg, IL. The main phone number is: 800-824-8889 or
you can directly order the program on the Training SuperSite at:
http://www.trainingsupersite.com.
Regards,
Andrea M. Ahlsen
Director
WingsNet, Inc.