@andrewjtagg.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social @jama.com
@andrewjtagg.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social @jama.com
Just as your audience is about to get the slide—
you move on.
And the moment is gone.
We’ve all done it.
We click forward when we’re done speaking.
But they’re not done thinking.
🧵
Just as your audience is about to get the slide—
you move on.
And the moment is gone.
We’ve all done it.
We click forward when we’re done speaking.
But they’re not done thinking.
🧵
A Paediatric x-ray atlas of normal x-rays in children
radiopaedia.org/normal-paedi...
#FOAMed
A Paediatric x-ray atlas of normal x-rays in children
radiopaedia.org/normal-paedi...
#FOAMed
Your audience doesn’t just hear your words.
They feel your nervous system.
Let me explain 👇
Your audience doesn’t just hear your words.
They feel your nervous system.
Let me explain 👇
Most people focus on slides, script, story.
But none of that matters if your nervous system is stuck in fight-or-flight.
Here’s what I teach before any big talk:
👇
Most people focus on slides, script, story.
But none of that matters if your nervous system is stuck in fight-or-flight.
Here’s what I teach before any big talk:
👇
A few years ago, I said those words before sharing a case that involved the death of a child.
My child.
One person quietly stepped out.
It felt like the right thing to do.
🧵
A few years ago, I said those words before sharing a case that involved the death of a child.
My child.
One person quietly stepped out.
It felt like the right thing to do.
🧵
Not because you're arrogant.
Because you're cursed.
Not because you're arrogant.
Because you're cursed.
“𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞…”
Harmless phrase? Not quite.
Here’s why it quietly signals a deeper problem 👇
“𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞…”
Harmless phrase? Not quite.
Here’s why it quietly signals a deeper problem 👇
doi.org/10.1111/1742...
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@andrewjtagg.bsky.social
#MedSky #EMSky #EMedSky #emimcc #ACEM
doi.org/10.1111/1742...
@wiley.com
@andrewjtagg.bsky.social
#MedSky #EMSky #EMedSky #emimcc #ACEM
A real one.
A desiccated pipistrelle.
Everyone else brought paper.
I brought a story.
🦇 Here’s what that taught me:
A real one.
A desiccated pipistrelle.
Everyone else brought paper.
I brought a story.
🦇 Here’s what that taught me:
A thread on pop culture references - and how they can break your talk 🧵
A thread on pop culture references - and how they can break your talk 🧵
𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫.
What the Bene Gesserit said… applies to public speaking too 👇
𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫.
What the Bene Gesserit said… applies to public speaking too 👇
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐀 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
(A short thread on why it’s so hard to cut that slide you love…)
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐀 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
(A short thread on why it’s so hard to cut that slide you love…)
Jerry Seinfeld’s line gets a laugh because it’s true.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ6g...
Jerry Seinfeld’s line gets a laugh because it’s true.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ6g...
𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.
They make your audience tune out.
Here’s why — and what to do instead 👇
𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.
They make your audience tune out.
Here’s why — and what to do instead 👇
Slides loaded. Clicker ready. Standard stuff.
And then the tech failed.
No projector. No slides. Nothing.
Slides loaded. Clicker ready. Standard stuff.
And then the tech failed.
No projector. No slides. Nothing.
#PedSky #MedSky #SurgSky #TraumaSky
#PedSky #MedSky #SurgSky #TraumaSky
🖱 Open laptop
🖥 Launch PowerPoint
⌨️ Tap out bullet points
But the best talks I’ve seen?
They start with something low tech:
🖊 A pen and a blank page.
🖱 Open laptop
🖥 Launch PowerPoint
⌨️ Tap out bullet points
But the best talks I’ve seen?
They start with something low tech:
🖊 A pen and a blank page.
Not a soft extra — the centre.
I wrote a short piece for 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘋 on why compassion should be the anchor of how we design, lead, and care in the ED.
Read it here:
👉 www.youred.org.au/read/compass...
Not a soft extra — the centre.
I wrote a short piece for 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘋 on why compassion should be the anchor of how we design, lead, and care in the ED.
Read it here:
👉 www.youred.org.au/read/compass...
– Sir Mark Walport
A 🧵on the step too many people skip:
Making sure your audience actually gets it.
– Sir Mark Walport
A 🧵on the step too many people skip:
Making sure your audience actually gets it.
Of course, they also won't get rid of it after proving it's useless. Ha ha! Silly you.
#medsky
www.evidencetriage.com/p/sepsis-ale...
Of course, they also won't get rid of it after proving it's useless. Ha ha! Silly you.
#medsky
www.evidencetriage.com/p/sepsis-ale...