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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Christopher S. Penn's Awaken Your Superhero - Latest Comments in What Martial Arts Can Teach Us About Improving Presentations</title><link>http://christopherspenn.disqus.com/</link><description>Christopher S. Penn's Awaken Your Superhero</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:17:41 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: What Martial Arts Can Teach Us About Improving Presentations</title><link>http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/08/28/what-martial-arts-can-teach-us-about-improving-presentations/#comment-6200392</link><description>A great way to make sure you;re making sense is to ask the audience if they have questions periodically. Don't just wait til the end. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And don't say 'Did that make sense?' ... nobody is going to say no, for fear of looking dumb :-)</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Martin Ng</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:17:41 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: What Martial Arts Can Teach Us About Improving Presentations</title><link>http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/08/28/what-martial-arts-can-teach-us-about-improving-presentations/#comment-1920678</link><description>I highly encourage clients to have an audio or video record of their presentations.  Often an ad-lib will contain a moment of brilliance and you want to make sure that you don't lose it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I find a post it note or cocktail napkin is a good size for some key presentation points.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Some of the best talks I've ever heard have had a quality of freshness even though I know the presenter has give the same speech many times.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ken Okel</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:55:11 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>