Comments for Jef Menguin Seminars & Workshops

Comment on Let it be clear by niña

niña — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:04:42 +0000

Be patient. There is no wasted time. You learn to be more precise next time. =) Don’t be too optimistic. Sometimes people don’t see the same thing as you do. People sometimes get confused. That happens. Right? Remember what u said to me before… Wag pipiliin ang kakausaping tao dahil may matutunan ka kahit sa pinaka “stupidong” tao. Haha!!! Will never know the interested from the uninterested unless we take time to know them. or not. haha.

Comment on Let it be clear by Jon Thomas

Jon Thomas — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:58:14 +0000

Was it you who was unclear, or her? Or both?

I think clarity is something, especially in spoken language, that is difficult for many people. Even when you know what point you’re trying to make, it’s difficult to express it in a way that others will fully comprehend. Doing the research beforehand (like with interviews or presentations) will help both the speaker and the audience connect with clarity.

Comment on What I have learned from my business writing seminar last Friday by Jef Menguin

Jef Menguin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:07:03 +0000

Thank you for sharing your views. I do agree with you that participants look for techniques to become better communicators. I do too. And daily, through observation, I modify and, oftentimes, create new ones. I read a technique and I ask why. I am very careful with giving techniques nowadays, though. My journal recorded techniques (in public speaking, for example) which I have learned from others. Having delivered more than a thousand speeches and facilitated 200 workshops, I realized that some techniques were based on fear, myths, and wrong assumptions.

I think I was not clear because you disagreed with me. However, I will not explain myself again here. I invite you to read other articles and look forward to my future articles. Definitely you will find hundreds of techniques during my seminars because I shared techniques which worked for me. And people appreciate them. But I encourage them to be themselves. I encourage them to create techniques which will make them not only different but remarkable. But trainers and speakers must not only give techniques, they must offer solutions. Solutions founded on right principles are creative, universal, and most importantly, effective. Problems usually happen because we don’t observe the right principles. Knowing the right principles will make you see not just one but many effective solutions.

Again, thank you!

Jef Menguin
http://jefmenguin.com

Comment on What I have learned from my business writing seminar last Friday by Don

Don — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:11:03 +0000

I’m sorry Jef, I couldn’t disagree more. I’ve attended a communication course where the instructor pretty much followed a similar agenda that you suggested above. I guess you have to group me in with the serious guys that want techniques rather than the group learn concept.
After all, we’re there to learn better communication. Having everyone share their mediocre ability with one another is like the blind leading the blind.
I once attended a meeting where the presenter introducing the main speaker discribed his communication ability as follows: “He can tell you to ‘go to hell’ in such a nice way that you actually look forward to the trip.”
This is the type of person I want to hear from but doubt they will pay to attend a communication course. They already know how to do it well.

Comment on A book on HUmor by Greg Phelps

Greg Phelps — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:55:41 +0000

#7 may be a stretch, but the other six sound legit. I believe #5 is one of those that fall under, “lead by example”