Tag: meetings
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Should You Use Audio in a Slide Deck?
Audio can enhance presentations but often complicates them due to technical issues and distractions. Effective audio should serve a clear purpose, like reinforcing key ideas or signaling transitions. Background music is challenging and can hinder focus. Always be prepared for failures, ensuring the presentation works without audio. Use sound judiciously to support, not overwhelm.
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K-12 Teachers Solved Interactive Training Years Ago
K-12 teachers figured something out a long time ago: if their students are staring at a screen anyway, you might as well make it part of the lesson. That same idea works surprisingly well with adults too. Teachers are using live quizzes, polls, word clouds, audience responses, and game-style competitions that keep people paying attention…
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Your Company Broadcast is Not the Super Bowl
Somewhere along the way, people started acting like a company live stream needs a control room, six producers, a countdown clock, and someone named Brad yelling, “Take Camera Two!” It does not. You can start with a laptop, a camera, a decent internet connection, and something useful to say. That is all. A company broadcast…
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Could This Meeting Have Been a Lunch Date?
Before you schedule a meeting, pause for a second and ask yourself a deeply important professional question: Does this need to be a meeting, or am I just nervous about sending a clear, concise email? Meetings are not evil. Some meetings are useful. Some meetings solve problems, build trust, clear up confusion, and stop everyone…
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