The Lothery Blog

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
7 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Audience
The most important participant in your presentation is your audience. But they’re also the most overlooked! Here are 7 things you didn’t know about your audience that probably hurt you. They hate it when you read to them! It’s the …

Monday, May 6th, 2013
NEW! Lunch and Learn Workshops Announced!
Thanks to a survey of our clients and prospective clients, we’ve learned that many of you want training, but don’t have the time for a half-day or full-day workshop. So NEW this month we’re introducing lunch and learn workshops. Find …

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Gay, What?!
The chiming in has begun in all corners of the world, over the announcement by Jason Collins that he is “black, gay and in the NBA.” I will say the best, most enlightened, sugarcoat-less article so far has been from …

Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Nate Bell’s Poor Timing, Ortiz’s Interesting Timing
Listen up, red, blue and tea party hat wearers. Take them off and put them in the corner. We’re talking about communication mistakes, not politics. I debated whether to write a blog post following what Arkansas state representative, Nate Bell …

Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Get Stingy with Presentation Handouts!
What’s the first thing you do when you walk into a workshop or meeting and see there are handouts? You flip through them right? So does everyone else. So you might be asking “what’s the big deal?” The big deal …