Comments on: How to Speak at a Public Conference http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/09/12/how-to-speak-at-a-public-conference/ Where our past is never very long ago Wed, 22 May 2013 21:01:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: David Y. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/09/12/how-to-speak-at-a-public-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-92017 David Y. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:33:20 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14146#comment-92017 How did I miss this? Thank you, and congratulations!

]]> By: Velikiye Kniaz http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/09/12/how-to-speak-at-a-public-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-91346 Velikiye Kniaz Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:38:49 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14146#comment-91346 RE: #23

I believe the origin of this error of the surname with added ‘s’ may come from the fact that there is a candy store specializing in fine hand dipped chocolates on Seventh East in Salt Lake City which goes by that name. (Cummings Chocolates) Perhaps some believe that the territorial governor retired after his term and stayed on here to open this noble institution rather than returning to Washington, D.C., where, in reality, he was obliged to sit out the “War of Northern Aggression” before returning to his native Georgia.

]]> By: Chad Too http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/09/12/how-to-speak-at-a-public-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90942 Chad Too Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:31:46 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14146#comment-90942 Mazel Tov on 2,000!

I’d like to think that my influence somehow contributed to #5. Maybe I’ll do a write-up on that sometime.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/09/12/how-to-speak-at-a-public-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90849 Ardis E. Parshall Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:59:17 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14146#comment-90849 Bad advice for most kinds of written history, Clark, I agree. If a high level of complexity is essential even in an oral presentation, then that’s what “it needs to be” in that case. But speakers need to remember that listeners can’t grasp a flood of details on the fly. They can better convey their message if: they omit unnecessary background complexity; their talks are highly organized so that listeners have some kind of structure to help them make sense of what they’re hearing; they use suitable visuals; or they employ some other method to help listeners grasp the essential points without getting lost in a mass of rapid-fire detail.

]]> By: The Other Clark http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/09/12/how-to-speak-at-a-public-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90834 The Other Clark Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:40:43 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14146#comment-90834

Give us a version that is no more complex than it needs to be, and move along.

Good advice for presentations; bad advice for written church history?

]]> By: Grant http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/09/12/how-to-speak-at-a-public-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90512 Grant Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:01:52 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14146#comment-90512 Darn it! I wish I would have gone to hear you! I claim my wife’s great-grandfather, Christopher Wilburn (1847-1914), who was a Utah GAR member. He marched with Sherman in the 33rd Ohio Regiment (lied about his age to enlist). He came to Utah with his member family but never was baptized himself (well, at least not ’til after he died. You know, vicariously). He’s buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery where we visited one Memorial Day to play “Marching through Georgia” for him. (My idea. My sister-in-law thought I was nuts. My wife tolerates me.)

]]> By: Anne (UK) http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/09/12/how-to-speak-at-a-public-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90357 Anne (UK) Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:12:16 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14146#comment-90357 Joe: I can’t help it, it’s an English thing. Been watching cricket since I was 10, and one of the highlights of my church life was being ‘allowed’ to act as scorer for my then Stake’s cricket team one year. Think I was the only sister in attendance and to prove I was there for the cricket, not the ‘eligible’ players, they made me prove I could act as scorer.

Ho hum!

Am I anywhere near correct in assuming cricket in Utah died out as the native pioneers died out? It’s probably a difficult game to see the point of, if one isn’t born into and remains surrounded by it.

]]> By: Joe http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/09/12/how-to-speak-at-a-public-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90329 Joe Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:55:01 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14146#comment-90329 Anne, Thanks for your enthusiasm. Cricket was played in Utah for over half a century. Although it had its ups and downs, some years (and decades) it was more popular than baseball.
Also, thanks and congrats Ardis on 2000

]]> By: kevinf http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/09/12/how-to-speak-at-a-public-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90218 kevinf Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:05:08 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14146#comment-90218 2000 posts, that’s a huge milestone. You should be proud in all the righteous ways there are to be proud.

I’ve not been in a lot of conferences, only once as a presenter (Sunstone NW two years ago). I’m afraid that I probably committed one or two of the errors you warn against, but quickly recovered. The big one is that I started my presentation sitting down. J Stapley kindly invited me to stand up, and it got better from there.

I would have loved to hear all of these presentations about the Civil War, but I’ll have to wait for their publication.

]]> By: CurtA http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/09/12/how-to-speak-at-a-public-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-90200 CurtA Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:18:56 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14146#comment-90200 Ardis, thaks for the kind words and good advice. I will print and keep handy. I also noted that Gov Cumming had gained an “S” again. Somehow people can’t believe these are two different surnames.

My constant problem is how to shrink my favorites to the time allotted when I want to tell about them all.

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