| Headline | Article Description |
|---|---|
| Developing & Delivering Better Conference Presentations | This is virtually a course in presentation skills. It features links to print and audio files. Its intent is to improve all conference presentations. |
| Please ... No 30-Minute Answers |
This article examines the concept of long answers to questions from the perspective of a (relatively) motivated university student. |
| Keep Your Marbles During Your Next Presentation | This article compares "staying on message" during a job interview to answering questions during a presentation, making the point that excellence in communication means creating a win-win. |
| New Media Training Manual an 'Excellent' Resource to 'Train the Trainer' | This article was originally published in IABC/Toronto's Communicator as a review of "Media Training With Excellence: A Balanced Approach." |
| Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck | This article is a brief recap of a podcast conversation with Rick Altman, principal of R. Altman Digital Communications, in which he outlined his perspective on why most presentations that use PowerPoint fail to reach their potential. |
| IABC Releases Media Training with Excellence: A Balanced Approach | New media training kit challenges conventional wisdom of "staying on message" during interviews. |
| Use presentation visuals as an aid, not a crutch | This article examines "the medium is the message" as it pertains to the use of visual aids. |
| PAS: The Most Important Step | This article examines the importance of pause-answer-stop as a means of communicating more effectively in print interviews with reporters and presentations of all types. |
| Computer-generated visuals decrease measurable success | This article makes the case that the use of computer-generated visual aids can decrease presentation success. |
| Three questions to test decision-making | Examines three questions that boards of directors can ask to test how their communication processes support effective decision-making. |
| The illogical logic of not answering questions | Examines the concept of staying "on message" from the perspective of an organization attempting to use good news to generate free publicity. |
| Effective media training means a balanced approach | Makes the point that media training should be a balance between answering questions and looking for places in which to weave in (not drive home) messages. |
| High level return for AIC Regional Vice-President | A testimonial for Presenting With Ease. |
| Emergency physicians choose content & delivery | A brief recap of a project in which Eric Bergman provided assistance with presentation content and delivery to help the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP). |
| Canada Life tour adds value | How half-day Presenting With Ease seminars added value to a series of Canada Life professional development sessions for investment advisors and insurance experts. |
| Early years professionals benefit from At Ease With the Media | Recap of a day of training for a not-for-profit organization in the Ottawa area. |
| OAYEC delegates enjoy conference session | One-and-one-half hour session to the annual conference of the Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres. |
| I think heard what I thought ... |
The full title of this conference presentation was: "I think I heard what I thought it was you said ... But I'm not really sure what it is you're saying." |
| Bergman visits CARIMAC in Kingston, Jamaica | As vice-chair of IABC's international accreditation council, Eric Bergman conducted an accreditation workshop at the University of the West Indies. |
| Volunteering With IABC: You may get hooked | This article, written by Alix Edmiston, originally appeared in IABC/Toronto's Communicator. |