Assault rifles need to be aimed or at least actively pointed in the direction of firing. The perp trying to kill a lot of people will not be looking behind him to see if a citizen is pulling his own gun. He'll be concentrating on where he is shooting.
I may be ducking, but when the perp is looking the other way, I can easily put my laser sight on him and stop his rampage.
This is one of the better suggestions posted. I tend to keep slides to a minimum. Graphics are good when appropriate. I agree with "don't put up the slide and read it." What a turn-off not to mention an insult to anyone's intelligence. I do prefer color. Black and white is easy. Color holds attention.
When making points, try presenting them in a way local people understand--pulling examples from day-to-day work that people can relate to. Humorous anecdotes work well. I really hate boring presentations. Don't tell jokes if you can't deliver them well.
I once attended a presentation where the speaker was absolutely no good at joke-telling. He admitted that, but instead read us a poem--"Them Moose Goosers" by Mason Williams. It was unexpected and funny. Got us all in a good mood.
Good luck!
All I had was a chemistry set when I was a kid. Oh yeah, also a wood-burning set.
These days those things are considered much too dangerous for kids to play with.
You're right. I never try to read any of the client's personal data unless they request that I do. If I stumble upon anything, I treat it much like information that a client would reveal to an attorney--it's not mine, so I don't divulge it.
PI license, indeed! Next thing you know, those of us in this field will have to have certifications from an auto mechanic school! After all, don't computers have "drivers?"
Maybe we can just have the gov't fill in for Bill when he leaves? Lemmee see--didn't they do something like that for Chrysler Corp a number of years ago?
Oh, wait. That's because Chrysler was having difficulty in running a profitable company in a legal way.............
You're right, of course. Every civilization (even those relatively uncivilized) believe in some sort of higher power. It's human nature. They can't understand some things so they believe in a higher power to which they attribute those things.
Unfortunately, humans being what they are, this ends up in a "my god is better than your god!" Sheesh!
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?
I had the benefit of a very strict English teacher in high school. At least the foundation of good grammar, spelling, and punctuation was laid back then.
In college, we had a really good class called Technical Composition. My classmates and I were all going into natural resource management; specifically forestry and wildlife management. Our professor really emphasized writing in short sentences, not getting hung up on large words. I think that, more than anything, drove the point home. You don't have to use long, convoluted sentenances to convey your ideas. Neither do you have to use 50-cent words where 10-cent words will do quite nicely.
Stress to your students that quantity does not make up for quality.
As one of my classmates said to our prof: "You know, I've been thinking, I remember seeing the kind of writing you are talking about. It was in a red book with a black binding. It had sentences like 'Run Jane, run' and 'See spot run.'" The prof smiled and said "exactly!"
Art
As a friend said: If they kill the internet, it will be like this--little nitpicking here and there, gradually challenging all free speech wherever they can, subtly exerting more and more government control. And you know what over-regulation does!
The internet is the last free speech frontier--we need not conquer it--we need to embrace it.
If you are doing tech stuff where much of your work is online, then you don't have to worry. If you serve your customers on their site, then ditto.
What you have to beware of is a business that requires customers to visit you frequently. That would have the possibility of creating vehicle traffic in a residential neighborhood and getting you in trouble.
While I have occasional customers visit my home, I work mostly online and on site. No problem.
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Assault rifles need to be aimed or at least actively pointed in the direction of firing. The perp trying to kill a lot of people will not be looking behind him to see if a citizen is pulling his own gun. He'll be concentrating on where he is shooting. I may be ducking, but when the perp is looking the other way, I can easily put my laser sight on him and stop his rampage.
This is one of the better suggestions posted. I tend to keep slides to a minimum. Graphics are good when appropriate. I agree with "don't put up the slide and read it." What a turn-off not to mention an insult to anyone's intelligence. I do prefer color. Black and white is easy. Color holds attention. When making points, try presenting them in a way local people understand--pulling examples from day-to-day work that people can relate to. Humorous anecdotes work well. I really hate boring presentations. Don't tell jokes if you can't deliver them well. I once attended a presentation where the speaker was absolutely no good at joke-telling. He admitted that, but instead read us a poem--"Them Moose Goosers" by Mason Williams. It was unexpected and funny. Got us all in a good mood. Good luck!
Couldn't have said it better myself!
All I had was a chemistry set when I was a kid. Oh yeah, also a wood-burning set. These days those things are considered much too dangerous for kids to play with.
You're right. I never try to read any of the client's personal data unless they request that I do. If I stumble upon anything, I treat it much like information that a client would reveal to an attorney--it's not mine, so I don't divulge it. PI license, indeed! Next thing you know, those of us in this field will have to have certifications from an auto mechanic school! After all, don't computers have "drivers?"
Maybe we can just have the gov't fill in for Bill when he leaves? Lemmee see--didn't they do something like that for Chrysler Corp a number of years ago? Oh, wait. That's because Chrysler was having difficulty in running a profitable company in a legal way.............
Yep--but it's cheaper than them hiring me to come onsite and do the downgrade for them!
Well, if Al Gore hadn't gone and invented the internet, we wouldn't be having this discussion
You're right, of course. Every civilization (even those relatively uncivilized) believe in some sort of higher power. It's human nature. They can't understand some things so they believe in a higher power to which they attribute those things. Unfortunately, humans being what they are, this ends up in a "my god is better than your god!" Sheesh! When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn?
I had the benefit of a very strict English teacher in high school. At least the foundation of good grammar, spelling, and punctuation was laid back then. In college, we had a really good class called Technical Composition. My classmates and I were all going into natural resource management; specifically forestry and wildlife management. Our professor really emphasized writing in short sentences, not getting hung up on large words. I think that, more than anything, drove the point home. You don't have to use long, convoluted sentenances to convey your ideas. Neither do you have to use 50-cent words where 10-cent words will do quite nicely. Stress to your students that quantity does not make up for quality. As one of my classmates said to our prof: "You know, I've been thinking, I remember seeing the kind of writing you are talking about. It was in a red book with a black binding. It had sentences like 'Run Jane, run' and 'See spot run.'" The prof smiled and said "exactly!" Art
As a friend said: If they kill the internet, it will be like this--little nitpicking here and there, gradually challenging all free speech wherever they can, subtly exerting more and more government control. And you know what over-regulation does!
The internet is the last free speech frontier--we need not conquer it--we need to embrace it.
If you are doing tech stuff where much of your work is online, then you don't have to worry. If you serve your customers on their site, then ditto. What you have to beware of is a business that requires customers to visit you frequently. That would have the possibility of creating vehicle traffic in a residential neighborhood and getting you in trouble. While I have occasional customers visit my home, I work mostly online and on site. No problem.