Monthly Archives: December 2008

Some thoughts on how to be a great evaluator

Posted on 30 December, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

Be careful of asking audiences questions. Especially ambiguous question. The audience won’t always give you the answer you’re looking for and sometimes will give answers that are deliberately difficult. Don’t ask the audience if they liked it. Or anything else … Continue reading →

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More thoughts from an evaluator

Posted on 28 December, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

We’re always watching evaluations. Sometimes the General Evaluator will evaluator the evaluators, but rarely for more than a few moments. CAT Secretary Wendy Wang ACB ALB did a particularly good job at Lighthouse yesterday afternoon. I especially liked how she … Continue reading →

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Speaker to Trainer: 17 January 2009

Posted on 23 December, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

You can entertain, inform and inspire, but can you train? Learn how to become a trainer. CAT will be starting 2009 with a very special event: Speaker to Trainer. Delivered from 1pm on Saturday 17 January, experienced Corporate and NLP … Continue reading →

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Record DTMs, organizing your speech and Carlo Wolff ACB CL

Posted on 19 December, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

Congratulations to our newest Advanced Communicator Bronze, Carlo Wolff. We enjoyed a series of great presentations at CAT last night. Here are some of the things I noted from the training on organizing your speech from Sam Jones DTM: Are … Continue reading →

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Get your speech organized this week at CAT

Posted on 15 December, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

This Thursday night – from 7pm Summiting Session: Organizing Your Speech Sam Jones DTM Speech Carlo Wolff CC Speech Jenny Ni CC CL Woman? Woman! Woman… Speech Spike Gu ACB Speech Dan Smith DTM TTM Emily Minor CC CL GE … Continue reading →

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Summiting Session on “How to Say It”

Posted on 15 December, 2008 by Emily Minor, CAT VPE

“How to Say It” is project #4 from the CC (Competent Communicator) manual. During our last Summiting Session, I spoke on this topic. Our group did a few exercises and I gave them a few resources. You can download my … Continue reading →

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To know it for the first time…

Posted on 11 December, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

TS Elliot would have us believe that the goal of journeying is to arrive at the place from which we started, and to know it for the first time. Tonight, I delivered my Ice Breaker, the first speech in the … Continue reading →

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This Thursday 11 December… How to Say It

Posted on 10 December, 2008 by Dan Smith, DTM

This week, we are focused on How to Say It. This is one of the early projects in the Competent Communicator manual, but it contains many powerful lessons for all of us. On our agenda: TME Sam Jones DTM Training … Continue reading →

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