Comments for Dave Duarte

Comment on Best “Out of Office” Automatic Replies by adi

adi — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:21:10 +0000

Jst awesome Dave! Loved the Management Team one…hahah

Comment on Best “Out of Office” Automatic Replies by hena

hena — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:20:21 +0000

lol.. simply funny esply the first and the last one..

Comment on Best “Out of Office” Automatic Replies by Syed Taha

Syed Taha — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:16:38 +0000

hilarious!

Comment on 3 Simple Tips to Help Busy People Get Into Social Media by Dave

Dave — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:40:40 +0000

Hi Nilofer. Thanks for the feedback.
I recently found a useful presentation on this subject, called “The 25 Basic Styles of Blogging” by Rohit Bhargava:
http://www.slideshare.net/rohitbhargava/the-25-basic-styles-of-blogging-and-when-to-use-each-one
Good luck!

Comment on 5 Ways to be a Better Presenter by Dave

Dave — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:31:44 +0000

Thanks for your input, Swapna.

I agree with you 100% about Powerpoints not being the reason people are attending. I sometimes fall into this trap and spend more time prepping my slides than thinking about my structure and content.

Comment on 3 Simple Tips to Help Busy People Get Into Social Media by Nilofer

Nilofer — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:41:25 +0000

Hey Dave! Loved the article and the 3 tips. I work online and understand the necessity of an online presence. I am constantly looking for tips on how to promote myself more online and the tip of leaving comments is very useful. I never used to do it before, but am starting with ur article.

Comment on 5 Ways to be a Better Presenter by Swapna Hegde

Swapna Hegde — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:57:49 +0000

Hi Dave,
Well put! Being a faculty for communications, this is what exactly I keep telling my students. The fun is none of this is available in literature to read and learn from. One can understand the following only by experience,so thank you so much for sharing it on a wide platform!
May be you can also do a write up on ideal ppts. People usually put too much text or use colors which are not legible,etc. Here, am not saying about just beginners, even some very experienced people end up doing this! So may be something on this front will be helpful.
Just another point I would like to add to your above article. Ultimately the audience is there to listen to the presenter and not see the slides or the videos. So fancy slide show dosent really count unless you can speak well along. After all the slides are just a visual AID. Just a tool to facilitate understanding and not the presentation itself!! I sometimes joke in my class that “The presenter should the ultimate hero and the slide just supporting cast,not the vice-versa!”

Comment on Best “Out of Office” Automatic Replies by Sanyam

Sanyam — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:53:54 +0000

Awesome!!!!!

Loved the 3rd one!! brain being removed!!

Comment on 5 Ways to be a Better Presenter by Neha

Neha — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:46:24 +0000

One more suggestion –> Involve the audience by asking questions and listening to their comments or observations. This makes them feel a part of the presentation and more attentive.

Comment on 5 Ways to be a Better Presenter by Dave

Dave — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:50:52 +0000

Hi Lloyd and Sandra. Thanks so much for popping in with your comments.

Indeed, Toastmasters is the best way that I know of for anyone to improve their public speaking ability.

Of course, I also think the best club in South Africa is the Ernst & Young Toastmasters http://www.toastmasters.co.za