Technically Speaking: A Guide for Communicating Complex Information

First Rate Instruction! Technically Speaking is a comprehensive, logical, and well-laid out collection of steps that help you become a proficient speaker. Jan D'arcy accurately addresses the issues of TMI (too much information)that many professionals are unknowingly guilty of sharing. From her intuitive expertise and experience, D'arcy prescribes concrete courses of actions to artfully transform the data into useful information and what it takes to become a really good presenter. From data to useful information to the domains of wisdom; D'arcy maps the way out in her book, Technically Speaking.

This is not just another how-to guide. This is a jam-packed journal that reads like a voyager's logbook. Jan D'Arcy writes from deep experience, and because she has lived the experience, she can paint dozens of colorful sketches. I confess I was skeptical about buying yet another book about presentations, selling yourself and the other necessities of telling mixed groups about hi technology. But I am facing a real turning point, and I believe Jan's book will save me from many errors. For example, as an inventor of a new computer game, I have to re-invent peoples' notions about what is good and bad about electronic games. My audience, as Jan points out, is a tough one--the baby-boomer generation on one side of the aisle and hi-tech, high-rolling Internet executives on the other. This review comes when I am only partway into the process but, guess what: This is a guide book you can take with you as you chart new territories. It's a valuable roadmap with straightforeward, brief, clear and colorful text all along the way.