The International Coaching Federation sent a summary of feedback on my presentation at their Conference in November 2006.

Here it is, along with a the live graphic recording of the talk done by the lovely Martha McGinnis.

So this is what a talk looks like in pictures! A fascinating right-brain representation - click to enlarge.

Number of completed evaluations: 45

Questions are based upon a 10-point scale where “1” is not at all satisfied and “10” is extremely satisfied.

I. SESSION CONTENT:

Overall Session 8.9
Ideas and information have value for my work 8.9
Content matched written description 8.9
The presenter was a good communicator 9.2
Instructional methods were appropriate for content 9.1
The session was well paced for the allotted time 9.2
Session met my expectations 9.0

I would be interest in attending a follow-up more advanced session on this subject/topic 9.1

II. PRESENTER(S) KNOWLEDGE OF SUBJECT

Andrea Lee 9.4

How can we improve your educational experience?

·Bring more speakers like Andrea Lee!
·Andrea is amazing! I can be a technology coach…I can do it!
·Presenter seemed tentative about sharing as much as she knows. Thank you for not overdoing the audience participation.
·As heard from Guy Kawasaki, don’t use text in your PowerPoint if it can’t be seen from the back of the room.
·Problems with the temperature in the room.
·Stunning—very provocative.
·Thank you, it was fabulous!
·It’s possible!
·Invite more speakers like Andrea Lee (e.g. engaging, funny, lots of new info to share/case studies,
exercises, homework, inspiration, and creativity).
·Bring online demos and music.
·Take care of temperature in the room!
·Great session.
·Very thought provoking.

Note: These scores are approximately 0.5 points lower than the scores I received last year, when I was part of a panel with Marcy Nelson-Garrison, Michael Bungay-Stanier and Donna Coroa on WOW Products.

I guess more cooks are better in some ways. But my individual score was just about identical and this year’s presentation was a more cerebral one (heavier on mindset shifts than nuts and bolts), which I think means less short-term fireworks but more long-term change.

If you weren’t at the talk in person, you can still register for the recording of the Encore version we did via teleseminar here.

There is no charge to listen, but I will ask a virtual contribution of you in the form of a comment at the above link after you’re done. Just tell me one or all of the following:

(1) what was most useful
(2) what your next (resulting) question is, i.e what didn’t I cover, that you’d have liked me to, and
(3) what you’re now thinking of doing as a result of listening.

Feel free to report back when you have news of your own coaching electric success.

A personal connection at the ICF tells me they would like to see another proposal from me to speak in Long Beach this October. I’d say yes, but I’d like to know that I’m NOT going to be scheduled in the last slot on the last day again, if they can manage it. And, they need to fix their exhibit hall issues - the hue and cry over that last year was pretty bad, and I’m afraid several longstanding exhibitors will be withdrawing their support. The exhibit hall is the always the toughest thing to pull off at a big conference like this.

Got burning requests for a topic you’d like covered at the ICF? Post, post away…