Some years ago I was given a copy of a wonderful e-book by Seth Godin called βReally Bad PowerPoint (and how to avoid it)β. At the time I was working for a large corporation in London and subjected to weekly doses of death by PowerPoint. This little book was an eye opener as it addressed a very specific corporate sin β bad communication.
It was small, digestible and contained many pearls of wisdom that guided me in my presentation style. In essence it helped me put the power back in PowerPoint.
A few years β and a few organisations later β I began to reflect on another corporate sin: the bad workshop.Β If youβve experienced bad PowerPoint then itβs likely that you have also experienced a bad workshop.Β The difference is that while a bad presentation might last for minutes (if you’re lucky), a bad workshop can drag on for hours (if you’re lucky).
However it’s not hard to create better workshops, and so I put virtual pen to virtual paper and wrote a eBook.Β To be more precise I’ve written the shortest eBook (18 pages) with the longest title (24 words): Really Bad Workshops (and how to avoid them). Ten Tips to Make Workshops Work. By Roger Dennis (with acknowledgement to Seth Godin). It’s based on my experience running corporate workshops around the world for both the public and private sector.
If you use Twitter it’s virtually free and you can pay with a tweet for the book.Β If you don’t use Twitter, it’s still virtually free.
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