Did You Know?
A speech is a solemn
responsibility...
...The
man who makes a bad 30 minute speech to 200 people wastes half-an-hour
of his own time. But he wastes 100 hours of the audience's time - more
than 4 days - which should be a hanging offence."
Jenkins Lloyd Jones
The best way to think
about how long to speak for - use a base of 10 minutes, then add up all
the salaries in the room. If you run another 10 minutes, is what you
are imparting worth that salary bill? HR
Communicating?
"We don't see
things as they are,
we see things as we
are." Anais Nin
"Think
like a wise man but communicate
in
the language of the people."
William
B Yeats
"Be
sincere, be brief, be seated."
Franklin
D Roosevelt.
"Seek first to
understand, then to be understood." Stephen
Covey
Visitors
to exhibitions
Studies in the UK and abroad on "walking
behaviour" shows that in countries that drive on the left, 70% of visitors turn
left on entering a trade fair hall. A stand next to your competitor is not a
bad thing. Research suggests that it increases turnover by at least 10%.
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