Training

I remember talking about this two years ago. I didn't think I would go back to explaining it again, but I have to. When you are called to make a presentation to someone or to a group of people, it would serve you well if you had a beginning, a middle and an end. If the average attention span of an adult is 20 minutes then your talk should include any material that you want your audience to remember in those 20 minutes. After 25 minutes many people will be doing other things such as doodling, looking at cell phones, reading (other stuff), dozing....

You wouldn't like it if I took these notes at the end of your presentation:

1. We're working on it...
2. Bear with us...
3. That's a good question...
4. We'll bring that up...
5. We're getting everything in place...
6. We wil take that issue back with us...
7. We have to work it out...
8. It's a nuts and bolts thing...
9. We're not sure yet...
10. I understand what you're saying...
11. We need a mechanism in place...
12. We have brought this question up...
13. We're not sure...
14. We'll have to address that...
15. We'll bring it to another level...
16. It's not working yet (the system)...
17. It's supposed to be happening...
18. Just send me an email and we'll get back to you...

I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. 2 Cor 11:6