When speaking in public, what's your best communication style? Are you a "scripted" speaker or an "outline" speaker. Both are great. I'm confident of when I'm at my best.
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May 19, 2009
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Posted by: Evan McBroom | June 01, 2009 at 07:53 PM
Amen Bro! Great topic. I'm a "two-way" communicator - a loose outline and a stack of slides that serve as "wallpaper" puts me in my "sweet spot".
This way I can feel the crowd and "tune" the talk.
On a related note - in most small to medium-sized crowdes. I don't like having people "hold their questions until the end of the talk". If I'm sitting in the audience and have a question gnawing at me - I really can't stay engaged for the rest of the talk. Thus I actually prefer the interruptions when I speak. It helps me stay in the "two way communication" mode.
Posted by: Mark | May 19, 2009 at 06:10 AM