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Getting Presentations Started: How to set context and manage nervousness

Dale Ludwig
February 20, 2019 0 Comments

Meetings, Myths Debunked, Presentations

How to Manage Presentation Nervousness at the Beginning

Many presenters ask us about the best way to get their presentations started. They say that once the conversation gets going, they’re fine. But getting...

Don’t Overlook These Steps When Preparing Your Presentation

Greg Owen-Boger
February 16, 2019 0 Comments

Myths Debunked, Presentations

Don’t Overlook These Steps When Preparing Your Presentation

For some presenters, preparation is all about collecting data and turning it into PowerPoint slides. There’s more to effective, efficient preparation than that, though. It’s...

The 3rd Fundamental Principle of Success in the Training Room: From “Effective SMEs”

Greg Owen-Boger
February 7, 2018 0 Comments

Myths Debunked, Subject Matter Experts, The Orderly Conversation, Training

This is an excerpt from Effective SMEs: A Trainer’s Guide for Helping Subject Matter Experts Facilitate Learning.” In this excerpt Dale Ludwig (Turpin Communication’s Founder)...

The 1st Fundamental Principle of Success in the Training Room: From “Effective SMEs”

Greg Owen-Boger
December 11, 2017 0 Comments

Myths Debunked, Subject Matter Experts, Training

This is an excerpt from “Effective SMEs: A Trainer’s Guide for Helping Subject Matter Experts Facilitate Learning.” In this excerpt Dale Ludwig (Turpin Communication’s Founder)...

Learning Styles

Greg Owen-Boger
October 11, 2017 0 Comments

Myths Debunked, Subject Matter Experts, Training

Designing Content for Different Learning Styles

In this video, produced by the Association for Talent Development (ATD), Greg Owen-Boger, Turpin’s VP, discusses designing content for different learning styles. Greg here with Turpin...

Put Activities in Check

Greg Owen-Boger
September 25, 2017 0 Comments

Myths Debunked, Subject Matter Experts, Training

In this video, produced by the Association for Talent Development (ATD), Greg Owen-Boger, Turpin’s VP, discusses eliminating unnecessary activities. Greg here with Turpin Communication. Learning leaders often...

“I Hate Dry Runs” (How To Make Training Prep Less Torturous)

Dale Ludwig
September 14, 2016 0 Comments

Myths Debunked, Training

Recently we were working with a group of trainers in a facilitation skills training workshop. During a conversation about how they preferred to prepare, one...

Eye Contact and Pausing… Is That All You Got?!

Greg Owen-Boger
August 31, 2016 0 Comments

Myths Debunked, Presentations, The Orderly Conversation

How Using Eye Contact and Pausing During Presentations Help

Some time back, Dale and I were the guest speakers on a webinar. The topic was about how we’ve redefined business presentations as Orderly Conversations. We were...