Comments on: Why Don’t You Act Like A Presenter During Your Presentation? http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/uncategorized/why-dont-you-act-like-a-presenter-during-your-presentation The Premier Blog For Quickly Improving Your Public Speaking, Presentation & Communication Skills Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:56:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Dr. Jim Anderson http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/uncategorized/why-dont-you-act-like-a-presenter-during-your-presentation/comment-page-1#comment-269 Dr. Jim Anderson Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:34:53 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/?p=314#comment-269 E.G.: Note that this blog is called "The Accidental Communicator", not "The Accidental Speaker"! I fully agree with your approach - you need to do whatever it takes to cause a change in your audience. I admire the fact that you are able to get comfortable enough with your audience that you can have a "conversation" with them. This is what they will remember long after your time with them is done... E.G.: Note that this blog is called “The Accidental Communicator”, not “The Accidental Speaker”! I fully agree with your approach – you need to do whatever it takes to cause a change in your audience. I admire the fact that you are able to get comfortable enough with your audience that you can have a “conversation” with them. This is what they will remember long after your time with them is done…

]]> By: E.G. Sebastian http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/uncategorized/why-dont-you-act-like-a-presenter-during-your-presentation/comment-page-1#comment-264 E.G. Sebastian Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:14:42 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/?p=314#comment-264 Great points! I'd say, however, that not every presenter is created equal. Some might even say that I don't come across as a presenter at all. On many of my feedback forms, a regular comment that keeps popping up is "very conversational" - which I take as a compliment. I involve my audience in my presentations. I ask questions, I have them do group exercises then debrief them... Most of my presentations are highly dynamic. If you'd meassure my interraction with the audience on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the highest), you'd see me somewhere around 8. Which brings up another point: I'm more of a facilitator than a presenter. I help my audience members learn through self-discovery (through interractive exercises), hence the learning is more effective than if I told them the same ideas... E.G. Sebastian Author, Speaker, Leadership Development Coach Great points!

I’d say, however, that not every presenter is created equal. Some might even say that I don’t come across as a presenter at all. On many of my feedback forms, a regular comment that keeps popping up is “very conversational” – which I take as a compliment.

I involve my audience in my presentations. I ask questions, I have them do group exercises then debrief them… Most of my presentations are highly dynamic. If you’d meassure my interraction with the audience on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the highest), you’d see me somewhere around 8. Which brings up another point: I’m more of a facilitator than a presenter. I help my audience members learn through self-discovery (through interractive exercises), hence the learning is more effective than if I told them the same ideas…

E.G. Sebastian
Author, Speaker, Leadership Development Coach

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