by Rob Cottingham | Mar 7, 2019 | LCWRC, Podcast, Speaking, Speechwriting
The world is full of speeches weighed down with terrible slide decks. Don’t let yours be one of them. This episode, we look at how to make PowerPoint work well for you and your audience — and I make the case for not using slides at all.
by Rob Cottingham | Mar 3, 2016 | Speechwriting
WHEREAS life is short and our time on Earth is finite; WHEREAS the duration of a bad presentation is subjectively many times longer than that of a good one; WHEREAS the dedication of audience’s time and attention to a speaker is a gift of considerable value, not... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 25, 2012 | Conferences and workshops, Social Signal
Maddie Grant of DC-based SocialFish has done a lot of thinking about connecting online audiences with speeches, panels and presentations. More to the point, she’s done a lot of doing, including convening one of the most ambitious online conference appr…
by Rob Cottingham | Jun 25, 2012 | Conferences and workshops, Everything Else, Social Signal
Maddie Grant of DC-based SocialFish has done a lot of thinking about connecting online audiences with speeches, panels and presentations. More to the point, she’s done a lot of doing, including convening one of the most ambitious online conference appr…
by Rob Cottingham | Jun 7, 2012 | Everything Else, Social Signal, Speechwriting
This episode features Holly Ross from NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network. She’s a great speaker in her own right – and every year, NTEN hosts the Nonprofit Technology Conference. It’s a huge gathering (but remarkably relaxed and collegial), and …