http://blog.joobili.com/2009/03/24/myth-americangood-presenter/ Timely Travel Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:34:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.joobili.com/2009/03/24/myth-americangood-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-36 youngmarkets Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:12:48 +0000 http://blog.joobili.com/?p=250#comment-36 I have heard it say that Americans are generally better at presenting than us Brits. I think that maybe true, as a big part of presentation success is having the self-confidence to know that you can do it and do it well. American society, where anyone can grow up to be president, is good at generating self confidence. Hence better presenters. Of course it is not always true as demonstrated by ex-president Bush when he is reading the autocue. I have heard it say that Americans are generally better at presenting than us Brits. I think that maybe true, as a big part of presentation success is having the self-confidence to know that you can do it and do it well. American society, where anyone can grow up to be president, is good at generating self confidence. Hence better presenters. Of course it is not always true as demonstrated by ex-president Bush when he is reading the autocue.

]]> http://blog.joobili.com/2009/03/24/myth-americangood-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-166 youngmarkets Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:12:00 +0000 http://blog.joobili.com/?p=250#comment-166 I have heard it say that Americans are generally better at presenting than us Brits. I think that maybe true, as a big part of presentation success is having the self-confidence to know that you can do it and do it well. American society, where anyone can grow up to be president, is good at generating self confidence. Hence better presenters. Of course it is not always true as demonstrated by ex-president Bush when he is reading the autocue. I have heard it say that Americans are generally better at presenting than us Brits. I think that maybe true, as a big part of presentation success is having the self-confidence to know that you can do it and do it well. American society, where anyone can grow up to be president, is good at generating self confidence. Hence better presenters. Of course it is not always true as demonstrated by ex-president Bush when he is reading the autocue.

]]> http://blog.joobili.com/2009/03/24/myth-americangood-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Jared Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:54:23 +0000 http://blog.joobili.com/?p=250#comment-38 @StefanH- I think you are right, the key is practice, practice, practice. And that's my point. It's true that US/UK culture gives more opportunities for practice in our school system, but practice could also mean standing in front of the mirror for 1 hour. There's no excuse for not spending that time practicing. I feel people assume presentation skills come naturally to Americans, but I spend that 1 hour in front of the mirror just like the next guy should. @StefanH- I think you are right, the key is practice, practice, practice. And that’s my point. It’s true that US/UK culture gives more opportunities for practice in our school system, but practice could also mean standing in front of the mirror for 1 hour. There’s no excuse for not spending that time practicing. I feel people assume presentation skills come naturally to Americans, but I spend that 1 hour in front of the mirror just like the next guy should.

]]> http://blog.joobili.com/2009/03/24/myth-americangood-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Jared Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:54:00 +0000 http://blog.joobili.com/?p=250#comment-168 @StefanH- I think you are right, the key is practice, practice, practice. And that's my point. It's true that US/UK culture gives more opportunities for practice in our school system, but practice could also mean standing in front of the mirror for 1 hour. There's no excuse for not spending that time practicing. I feel people assume presentation skills come naturally to Americans, but I spend that 1 hour in front of the mirror just like the next guy should. @StefanH- I think you are right, the key is practice, practice, practice. And that’s my point. It’s true that US/UK culture gives more opportunities for practice in our school system, but practice could also mean standing in front of the mirror for 1 hour. There’s no excuse for not spending that time practicing. I feel people assume presentation skills come naturally to Americans, but I spend that 1 hour in front of the mirror just like the next guy should.

]]> http://blog.joobili.com/2009/03/24/myth-americangood-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-37 StefanH Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:31:17 +0000 http://blog.joobili.com/?p=250#comment-37 I guess practice makes perfect. As one has more opportunities to give presentations and speak in front of groups during school and through college in the U.S., one is more likely to develop good presentation skills. And at some point one will hopefully make the leap from a merely informative presentation (which is hard enough, if you don't have a lot of practice and are so focused on just getting up in front of the group thinking more about the act of presenting than the presentation's content) to a truly great and original one (I'm thinking of your MERP / Chelsea Clinton one here :-) I guess practice makes perfect. As one has more opportunities to give presentations and speak in front of groups during school and through college in the U.S., one is more likely to develop good presentation skills. And at some point one will hopefully make the leap from a merely informative presentation (which is hard enough, if you don’t have a lot of practice and are so focused on just getting up in front of the group thinking more about the act of presenting than the presentation’s content) to a truly great and original one (I’m thinking of your MERP / Chelsea Clinton one here

]]> http://blog.joobili.com/2009/03/24/myth-americangood-presenter/comment-page-1/#comment-167 StefanH Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:31:00 +0000 http://blog.joobili.com/?p=250#comment-167 I guess practice makes perfect. As one has more opportunities to give presentations and speak in front of groups during school and through college in the U.S., one is more likely to develop good presentation skills. And at some point one will hopefully make the leap from a merely informative presentation (which is hard enough, if you don't have a lot of practice and are so focused on just getting up in front of the group thinking more about the act of presenting than the presentation's content) to a truly great and original one (I'm thinking of your MERP / Chelsea Clinton one here :-) I guess practice makes perfect. As one has more opportunities to give presentations and speak in front of groups during school and through college in the U.S., one is more likely to develop good presentation skills. And at some point one will hopefully make the leap from a merely informative presentation (which is hard enough, if you don’t have a lot of practice and are so focused on just getting up in front of the group thinking more about the act of presenting than the presentation’s content) to a truly great and original one (I’m thinking of your MERP / Chelsea Clinton one here

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