Session on Presentation Skills

Last week we had a ‘Presentation skills’ training session. I wasn’t particularly sure how to approach and/or feel about this session. On the one hand, I could really use the help and practice as I am pretty sure a stuffed monkey has more presentational skills and confidence than me. On the other, I was nervous [...]

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Library Day in the Life (Round 4): Thursday

Thursday 28th January 2010 6.00 – Wake up and face the cold, at least it’s Thursday!  7.00 – Go for bus.  8.15 – Get into work 15 minutes later than usual; despite buses being on time and hardly any traffic. Odd. Get Mocha coffee, check emails, and reply to those I need to. Have phonecall [...]

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Library Day in the Life (Round 4): Wednesday

Wednesday 27th January 2010 5.45 – Get up and get ready.  7.00 – Go for bus to get to work.  8.05 – Arrive at work, set up laptop, get Mocha coffee and check emails. 8.10 – Network and Internet not working. Brilliant. Try restarting laptop to see if that shakes anything up (ah, the old [...]

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