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August 31, 2013 By e-Patient Dave 4 Comments

Speaker Academy #10: Take off your stupid badge.


Photo with skewed badge, July 2013Don’t do this. Just don’t.

Not only do you look dopey in person, you look permanently dopey on video.

This was a pretty good talk, but look. This is the equivalent of having spinach in your teeth and not knowing it. So this will never be a high-value video.

Before you take the stage, take off your stupid badge!


Next in the series: #11: Introducing ourselves (workshop begins!)

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  1. Susan Shaw says

    August 31, 2013 at 12:39 pm

    Our good friend Paul Levy taught me this tip – luckily before I went up on stage.

    Reply
    • e-Patient Dave says

      August 31, 2013 at 8:24 pm

      Yeah, well, *I* know it, too. And I usually do. But I forget.

      As the video will show (to be released in September), this talk was assembled on the fly during the day (intentionally – it was an on-the-fly summary of the day’s events,69 slides in 35 minutes!) But a pro should still handle the necessary details proficiently. That’s what makes ’em a pro! :-)

      Reply

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