Yesterday I attended a one-day social media conference. I sat in on a half dozen sessions on topics ranging from social media in general to best practices for YouTube to SEO (search engine optimization). My brain is still full to the point of overflowing with new knowledge and thoughts and ideas and...well, I can't even process it yet. So I'll share something else that I noticed during the presentations.Four of the speakers said the one thing my speech teacher in college said we should never, ever say: "I know you can't see this, but . . ."
See, my speech teacher - Jay Self, definitely a person I could include in my Noticer Project - said that if you're using a visual aid and you know half your audience can't see it, then it's pointless!
He drilled that into us like nothing else that semester. It was even a bonus question on a pop quiz. That standard for public speaking was so seared into my brain that when I taught speech a few years later, I taught my students the same thing.
And today, despite the information and idea overload I was facing, I couldn't help but notice that the speakers - who were otherwise fantastic - said this forbidden phrase.
Is there something you learned in school that still sticks out? Kind of randomly? And pops up at odd times? Please share . . .
