David Yau & Associates

A new thought from a 3-day management course which I am conducting this week. There was a team-problem solving activity which requires...

Date: 18-19 Nov 2007 Location: A rainy weekend in Shanghai, China # of Participants:10 I am feeling: Tired but Meaningful I started being...

7 Habits of Highly Effective People‘. They all speak quite highly about it. You may have heard of a book of the same name by Stephen...

Another reflection about the relationship with the participants – if you find the participants ‘mis-behave’ e.g. walking in and out all...

If you have read my previous posts about participants’ mis-behavior, you know that this issue is dear to me (and I think to all trainers...

We borrowed the facility in the Sun Yat-Sen University for a 2-day induction training. Though the course itself did not give me any...

I attended a lot of presentations on a regular basis. They include presentations by participants in my training class, product briefing...

I am now in the Shanghai Pudong airport waiting for my delayed plane to Hong Kong. I will have around 2 hours to spend. Luckily I find a...

Course: An one-day soft skills course Date: 24 Oct 2007 Location: A cloudy day in Shanghai, China # of participants: 12 I am feeling: A...

The Presentation Quick Fix this time is 'block the screen whenever you speak for a considerable period of time'. And here is why and how....

Course: A Cash Management course Date: 19 Oct 2007 Location: A good sunny autumn day in Hong Kong, China # of Participants: 28 I am...

Course: A SPIN selling course Date: 16-18 Oct 2007 Location: Sunny in Shenzhen, China Duration: 3 days # of Participants: 18 I am...

Combining my learning from the ASTD ICE 2007 and my own thoughts, I put together a speech in the ASTD conference in China this month. ...

Taking advantage of the offsite meeting this weekend, I gathered all the trainers right before the offsite meeting.  It was not easy to...

I had a good experience last Thu. I spoke in the ASTD Global Network China International Conference in Shanghai. It was a 2-day...

Here is another Right After Class (RAC) session. As said, I just record whatever I feel after the class. Not exactly for learning...

I read a book called Presenting to Win by Jerry Weissman. Let me share with you my thoughts as I read along during this trip. The first...

One of the most common internal presentation made in our industry is product briefing.  The briefing could be an overview on a product...

I am thinking to start another series of post and I will call it RAC. I will record whatever comes to my mind right after I adjourn a...

There is no magic. I can guarantee you that your presentation performance will improve simply arriving early at the scene. My experience...