tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post6719658310329421297..comments2023-12-29T12:27:36.793-05:00Comments on Pondering blather: Judging presentation skills scale [UPDATE 2]Odysseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-26212856827918282882020-01-12T06:57:19.970-05:002020-01-12T06:57:19.970-05:00You completed a few fine points there. I did a sea...You completed a few fine points there. I did a search on the subject and found nearly all persons will go along with with your blog. <a href="https://bethevoice.com.sg/" rel="nofollow">presentation skills training in singapore</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-90658298808696688032009-11-21T05:05:25.859-05:002009-11-21T05:05:25.859-05:00Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? ...Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? <br />Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-60992149067400938982009-02-25T20:02:00.000-05:002009-02-25T20:02:00.000-05:00Too True!And too many 'um's' etc, like they didn't...Too True!<BR/><BR/>And too many 'um's' etc, like they didn't practice what they were going to say.<BR/><BR/>It's really a sad state of affairs when people can't present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-21923371503290184482009-02-19T20:07:00.000-05:002009-02-19T20:07:00.000-05:00My pet peeve is "Oh, I see have X more minutes!" ...My pet peeve is "Oh, I see have X more minutes!" penalty = X^2. If you can end early, your audience will not, I guarantee, be disappointed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-32021192131627752002009-02-19T16:37:00.000-05:002009-02-19T16:37:00.000-05:00"I know this figure/table doesn't show up very wel..."I know this figure/table doesn't show up very well but..." 20 points<BR/><BR/>Pictures of cats when you're not talking about cats. 10 points<BR/><BR/>Lime green on a white background. 10 points plus 10 points for each member of the audience who starts bleeding from the eyes.<BR/><BR/>Gentlemen: Furiously playing with the contents of your pockets. Remember your groin is at eye level in many talk situations. Don't make people look at yours more than they have to already. 30 points.<BR/><BR/>Acknowledgement slides- 5 points. (only in a 10 minute talk- plenary speakers should probably have these).<BR/><BR/>Reading out an acknowledgement slide or putting your co-authors on the acknowledgement slide. 10 points each infraction.<BR/><BR/>Taking a question from the front row (usually spoken too quietly for the rest of audience to hear) and then not repeating it for the rest of the listeners. 5 points.<BR/><BR/>Having a back and forth conversation with the front row questioner with the audience hearing only half the conversation. 20pointsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-85497008322354432362009-02-18T12:25:00.000-05:002009-02-18T12:25:00.000-05:00I should note that the form of the PISSOFF equatio...I should note that the form of the PISSOFF equation makes a poor PISSOFF score much more likely for shorter presentations. This is as it should be - good short presentations (10-15 minute) are much more difficult to give and any offenses are magnified due to the short length. One can "get away with" a few infractions in a longer (45-50 minute) presentation because audience members are likely to forget some of the less offensive ones over the course of the presentation.Odysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-68856536365659847982009-02-18T12:21:00.000-05:002009-02-18T12:21:00.000-05:00Goose:Good ones. I've added them. This is getting ...Goose:<BR/>Good ones. I've added them. This is getting to be a very long list...Odysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-88305623664001863882009-02-18T10:28:00.000-05:002009-02-18T10:28:00.000-05:00I've got a few...- Looking at a slide and clearly ...I've got a few...<BR/><BR/>- Looking at a slide and clearly not knowing what it's about (either because it's an old presentation, unpracticed, or their underling made the presentation)<BR/><BR/>- Use of the phrase "this is really fascinating work, but I don't have time to tell you about it"... then don't mention it!<BR/><BR/>- Pictures/Movies that don't work because you didn't bother to try them out beforehand. I know it's not always possible, but when it is you should check them.<BR/><BR/>- Finally, the disinterested presenter (you know, the one who is clearly less interested to be there than the audience, and who is obviously trying to get out of any future speaking invite).Goosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742954248021961242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-4969298188476257682009-02-18T09:42:00.000-05:002009-02-18T09:42:00.000-05:00Anon., Dr. No and PiT:I've updated the post with y...Anon., Dr. No and PiT:<BR/>I've updated the post with your suggestions (plus a couple more I thought of last night).<BR/><BR/>PiT:<BR/>I thought up the acronym during the awful talk I sat through yesterday. I can't say how long it took since I was trying to pay some attention to the speaker.<BR/><BR/>PLS:<BR/>A Gong Show format is exactly what we need.Odysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-88536161411982929972009-02-18T08:59:00.000-05:002009-02-18T08:59:00.000-05:00Ugh, the slide skip is the worst. Why the fuck is ...Ugh, the slide skip is the worst. Why the fuck is it in there if you're going to skip it or why didn't you realize that 27 slides for a ten minute talk is too many? <BR/><BR/>I've also been to a recent talk honoring an older person in the field who never took their thumb off the laser pointer and had audience members dodging possible blindness the whole time. <BR/><BR/>I think we need to format talks into something similar to the Gong Show. It would make it a lot more interesting and we wouldn't have to suffer through shitty talks anymore. GONG, goodbye.Prof-like Substancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536241129674490468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-45165062128602368702009-02-17T22:22:00.000-05:002009-02-17T22:22:00.000-05:00Excellent! I'm especially impressed with the PISSO...Excellent! I'm especially impressed with the PISSOFF acronym - come on, fess up ... how long did it take you to come up with that little gem!!? <BR/><BR/>The only thing I would add to the list of Offending Factors is the number of "in case they ask me that question" slides the presenter has tucked away after the acknowledgements ... those little beauties usually take a long time to sift through.Professor in Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903558307394806532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-48574427244623723712009-02-17T21:30:00.000-05:002009-02-17T21:30:00.000-05:00Fuck, THANK YOU. This criteria was much needed. ...Fuck, THANK YOU. This criteria was much needed. Can we add an automatic deduction for using canned Powerpoint backgrounds? The one with fucking mountains on the bottom is killing me.Dr. Nohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424071536413273557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-50432533020367333372009-02-17T21:05:00.000-05:002009-02-17T21:05:00.000-05:00I love the severity talk ... sounds naughty!My lat...I love the severity talk ... sounds naughty!<BR/><BR/>My latest big pissoff is when talkers talk to the screen with their backs to the audience. It also deadens their voice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com