I’ve just found this blog post about public speaking: I’d comment there, but I can’t find a way of being allowed to add a comment (which I thought was one of the key reasons for having a blog, myself…..)
It’s a nice point – though a bit overstated for my tastes. Presentations which use the word “I” turn me off, even when they’re a person of note or repute: it smacks of arrogance in the presenter.
Mind you – a presentation full of “you” is likely to bug me too, as that sounds like the presenter is preaching….. “you must; you should; you are….”.
My personal advice on our training courses is to talk about what you’re talking about – the climb, the research, the music, whatever. If you’re concentrating on your subject, not yourself, then the question of how many times you “I” and how many times you say “you” (or even “we”) shouldn’t be an issue….
…Â Simon
