We’ve all been in THAT presentation. The presentation where it only takes two slides before our eyes roll back into our head and start to bleed. Perhaps it was the one where you got a handout, which was then projected above, and then every single word was read aloud. It may have even been the […]
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There’s a “we” in “weapon”! – Part 2
Focus Groups at Judge Conferences Oh great! If you got this far, you may be now eager to volunteer and bring an incredible focus group experience to your fellow Magic judges at the next Conference. Last time we introduced some general guidelines behind setting up such an infrastructure, and I hopefully convinced you how it can […]
There’s a “we” in “weapon”! – Part 1
Focus Groups at Judge Conferences The first Judge Conference is always a unique experience. If you’ve had a chance of attending one (if you haven’t, plan for it asap!), you should remember that feeling. The discovery of your regional community, the sense of belonging quickly encompassing former strangers, facing judges so similar to you – […]
An Article: The Backbone of a Great Seminar
Writing, reading and sharing articles is a cornerstone of the international judge program. The very fact you are reading this article is proof. Articles are great. They give projects and individual judges an opportunity to share an idea with a large group of people across the globe. They give the reader a chance to hear […]
Seminar Feedback
From time to time a presenter at a Judge Conference might not be able to engage us as much as they could. It could be the lack of interaction with the audience, the aesthetics of the slides, the length of the talk or many other things. Why does this happen? In my opinion, it boils […]
The Art of the Mini-Conference
Judge conferences are a great way to meet area judges and learn from your peers in a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere. Perhaps you’ve wanted to host a similar event, but you don’t have a large judge population, or you are remote relative to the concentration of judges in your region. Enter the mini-conference–a scaled-down version of […]
Picking a Topic and Goal
Picking a Topic When you’ve made the decision to present at a conference it is most likely that you have some idea in mind of what you want to talk about. You may feel that you have a particular insight into some area of judging that is generally unexplored by others or even that you […]
The ‘Tells’ of Body Language – Part 3: Being the Receiver
Hello and welcome to the third and final article dedicated to body language tells. In Part 2 of the series, I spoke about how to be an effective sender of the proper tells that reinforce a strong presentation style during a seminar. We will now see how to read the tells our audience is sending […]
The ‘Tells’ of Body Language – Part 2: Being the Sender
Hello and welcome to the second article dedicated to body language tells. So far, we have learned about the importance of body language for the purposes of being great seminar facilitators. Using Body Language during a Seminar (being the sender) Proper use of body language can be an excellent way of enhancing a seminar. Studies […]
The ‘Tells’ of Body Language – Part 1: Importance
Hello. My name is Theo, and through the series of articles discussing body language we’ll learn how to go from this: To this: The key, my friends, are the tells of body language. The first article in this three – part series will focus on how to improve our understanding of human interaction by examining […]