TECHNICAL BRIEFING: Skills for Success and Survival

by Leo W. Stockham

UNIVELT COMMUNICATIONS SERIES

TECHNICAL BRIEFING: Skills for Success and Survival, by Leo W. Stockham, Univelt Communications Series, 1989, 70p, ISBN 0-912183-04-7, Soft Cover $10.00

FOREWORD

This volume, Technical Briefing, Skills for Success and Survival, appears in the Univelt Communications Series. It offers for the technical briefer/presenter the basics for making technical presentations, what to do and what not to do, how to avoid the pitfalls and how to obtain positive results. It is based on many years’ experience by the author, Dr. Leo W. Stockham, in making numerous technical briefings.

In this Univelt Communications Series, the aim is to offer to those involved in the communications field, especially in technology, guides to many aspects of writing, editing, publishing, information gathering and dissemination and related topics. We hope this series will fill the many needs of those who wish to improve their skills in communications.

     The Editors

CONTENTS

Page

Foreword iii

Introduction 1

One Principal Purpose 3

Eight Terrible Statements 5

Six Horrible Acts 7

Organize and Plan 9

The Visual Aid 11
     Presentation Charts 13-53
     Summary 54

Platform Presence 55

Questions and Answers 57

Who Called this Meeting? 59

Audience Behavior 61

Summation 63

About the Author 64