Speeches by Saul Carliner

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Keynote Presentations

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Experience

Have keynoted these events:

Society for Technical Communication (STC) Annual Conference (closing speaker)
American Society for Training and Development Conference (featured speaker)
Online Learning Asia (host, keynote presentation)
Training Director's Forum (host, keynote presentation)
TECHCOMM/2000, TECHCOMM/2001 (featured speaker)
American Society of Indexer's Annual Conference
The following local and regional conferences of the Society for Technical Communication: Region 2, Region 5, Region 6, Region 7, Region 8, Currents (Atlanta), India, Lone Star Chapter Professional Day, Philadelphia Metro, Spectrum (Rochester NY)
Awards banquets for the following STC chapters: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and Eastern Ontario
New Media Instructional Design Symposium
Several corporate events

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All presentations are 60 to 90 minutes. Length can be changed on request.

Presentation

Description

Intended Audience

Information Pollution: What's It Doing to Us?

Explores the overload of information affecting people, how it limits our abilities to be effective, and how technology often exacerbates the problem (even when it's supposed to help). Then, this presentation strategies for coping with information overload and for using technology effectively.

Professional associations. Corporate meetings.

Lessons from the Idiot Box: Life Lessons fromTelevision

Highlights the wisdom shared through television (yes, there really is some) and applies that wisdom to the work place. Learn how theories like the Lucy Ricardo Theory of Project Management and the Owen Marshall Counsellor at Law Corrollary of Time Management can make a difference in your career. Especially appropriate for management and professional groups.

Professional associations. Corporate meetings.

Testosterone and Technology

Reflect on the good, bad, and ugly of technology. Yes, information technology has benefited humankind through improved communications, enhancements to science, and increased productivity. But it’s also given us techno-babble, the dot com bust, and a lot of technology failures. Most significantly, it’s led to a situation where people sometime over-estimate their own technical capabilities, and under-estimate those of others. Based on research of successful and unsuccessful technology projects, explore ten lessons for business.

Professional associations. Corporate meetings. Management and professional meetings within organizations.

Jobs Are a Date, Not a Marriage

Provides guidance to workers and management for working in the skills-oriented, nimbly staffed, post-Industrial organization. Using the metaphor of dating advice, explores issues such as skills assessment, training, employee retention, and networking.

Professional organizations.

10 Lessons We Can Learn about Knowledge Management from Museums

Museums have had to leverage their content expertise to transform themselves from warehouses of collections to institutions of informal learning. As performance improvement organizations move from formal training to knowledge management, we, too, must leverage our expertise to transform ourselves. This inspirational presentation draws parallels among the two and shares specific lessons that training and documentation groups can take from the experience of museums.

Professional organizations. Corporate meetings.

Barbara Worthington's Charm School for the Digital Age

OK, Barbara really doesn't exist, but neither do manners on e-mail, voice mail, and many aspects of the work world. The result is unintended misunderstandings and slights. Taking a humorous approach, this session explores some common etiquette gaffes with technology, and offers practical suggestions for dealing with them. Then, participants can ask the speaker how to address their particular problems.

Sales, customer service, and general management groups.

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Back to the Speeches

Presentation	Description	Intended Audience
Information Pollution: What's It Doing to Us?	Explores the overload of information affecting people, how it limits our abilities to be effective, and how technology often exacerbates the problem (even when it's supposed to help). Then, this presentation strategies for coping with information overload and for using technology effectively.	Professional associations. Corporate meetings.
Lessons from the Idiot Box: Life Lessons fromTelevision	Highlights the wisdom shared through television (yes, there really is some) and applies that wisdom to the work place. Learn how theories like the Lucy Ricardo Theory of Project Management and the Owen Marshall Counsellor at Law Corrollary of Time Management can make a difference in your career. Especially appropriate for management and professional groups.	Professional associations. Corporate meetings.
Testosterone and Technology	Reflect on the good, bad, and ugly of technology. Yes, information technology has benefited humankind through improved communications, enhancements to science, and increased productivity. But it’s also given us techno-babble, the dot com bust, and a lot of technology failures. Most significantly, it’s led to a situation where people sometime over-estimate their own technical capabilities, and under-estimate those of others. Based on research of successful and unsuccessful technology projects, explore ten lessons for business.	Professional associations. Corporate meetings. Management and professional meetings within organizations.
Jobs Are a Date, Not a Marriage	Provides guidance to workers and management for working in the skills-oriented, nimbly staffed, post-Industrial organization. Using the metaphor of dating advice, explores issues such as skills assessment, training, employee retention, and networking.	Professional organizations.
10 Lessons We Can Learn about Knowledge Management from Museums	Museums have had to leverage their content expertise to transform themselves from warehouses of collections to institutions of informal learning. As performance improvement organizations move from formal training to knowledge management, we, too, must leverage our expertise to transform ourselves. This inspirational presentation draws parallels among the two and shares specific lessons that training and documentation groups can take from the experience of museums.	Professional organizations. Corporate meetings.
Barbara Worthington's Charm School for the Digital Age	OK, Barbara really doesn't exist, but neither do manners on e-mail, voice mail, and many aspects of the work world. The result is unintended misunderstandings and slights. Taking a humorous approach, this session explores some common etiquette gaffes with technology, and offers practical suggestions for dealing with them. Then, participants can ask the speaker how to address their particular problems.	Sales, customer service, and general management groups.