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The Writing Is On The Phone

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My niece got married this past weekend. It was a beautiful weekend filled with love and family.  It was also filled with numerous prepared toasts from the couple’s closest family and friends.

  

Here’s something I noticed. The younger people (defined as younger than 35) all had their toasts typed in on their cellphones and read them from their phones. The older people (defined as older than 35) read from handwritten note cards or paper.

  

Is this a generational thing? I still find it difficult to type as quickly on my phone than I do on a computer or by hand.  As much I have tried to go paperless, I still rely on legal pads to write out testimony, oral arguments or opening statements in court. I have recently noticed younger attorneys using computers or tablets in court for the same purpose.

 

What do you do rely on for oral presentations?

Comments

Corey Bearak

I like to use my devices for notes but like you zinrefer to prepare on my Mac. That dais I can read notes from any device. For talks I often use my iPad.
Fred Klein

I speak without notes from the Heart :)
Daniel Schwartz

I still write most on a note pad. I do also a lot of email analysis which I print out and keep in the clients file for easy future reference. Yes, I am a but old fashioned.
Victoria Drogin

I have noticed this as well! The tenants of successful public speaking suggest that they should not be reading from anything! I teach my students and clients to reduce their remarks to bullet points (preferably three max) and prepare enough that they can speak without notes. if they are familiar enough, a glance at a card with those three bullet points will jog their memory. This way they speak authentically to the audience. It is definitely an interesting phenomenon.
RitaSue Siegel

I use 5"x8" cards with bullet points. I wish I didn't have to use any notes, but I have been wishing that for so long that I hereby give up that wish. It will never happen.

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