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Whiteboard Presentation Tricks

Tip 11: Techniques For Colorful Training

June 7, 2009

It’s easy to stay in the flow of working on a chart, when all your tools are handy. Start by laying out your markers where you can easily reach them.
For example, lay out the colors that you’ll use most often for writing. Dark blue, dark green and purple. Have these colors right on the [...]

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Tip 47: Visual Language Contest or Content?

January 29, 2008

If your group starts challenging you to be a drawing “queen”…leave that challenge on the table.
Your focus in creating charts or whiteboard diagrams is to express and support the conversation.
You aren’t there to be a clown. Or a “draw-on-call” performer.
Even if you can do it…it’s better to leave that challenge. Move on to the more [...]

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Tip 46: Public Speaking Check Point: Tune in To Color

January 9, 2008

Watch what you wear. Watch what other people wear. Notice where you see colors in advertising, design, and in nature. Tune in to how different colors evoke specific emotions, associations and feelings.
Keep a log of what you notice about color.
What seasonal variations do you notice? Are certain colors in fashion now…and what are the [...]

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