Welcome to TDKtalks
TDKtalks is a soft skills series to help you become a better speaker, presenter, leader - a Better You
TDK are my initials - TALKs are what I produce
My episodes are a collection of tips, techniques and reflections - most of which I draw upon from real life experiences of speaking and working in our engineering world
I value your time, so I keep the video episodes to 5 minutes
If you have requests for topics, please contact me
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Current Episodes
Lessons Learned – Vietnam Learning on The Street
Just Say YES We were walking out of a successful 1 hour meeting with Shaw TV. We were pitching a documentary idea about the charity's upcoming mission to Vietnam. They ...
Signs – Reflecting on Signs That Reassured Me On My Volunteer Mission
Signs - Learn to Interpret and Apply Your Signs - Your Guiding Light A year after my second volunteer charity mission as videographer to Vietnam, I had the opportunity to ...
Networking Tips – Ideas And Practises To Get You Business Ready
Networking Tips - Free and Easy Practises To Get You Off The Ground Networking 101 Do you need to get your business off the ground or just improve and perfect ...
Connecting The Dots – Leveraging and Carrying Forward on Your Accumulated Assets
Creating Dots Everything you do or try, people you meet, past projects, and events you took part in are part of your personal development journey. Most are transferrable skills you ...
Process Broken – Not Getting Feedback You Need to Reach Your Desired Goal
I am a Fixer. Since I was in my single digits age, I loved learning how things work. My self study each morning during breakfast into the hardware catalogs on ...
Audio Perfection for Speakers – HeyMic and Rode Microphone Compared
Speaker and Presenter Videos Need Perfect Audio Video has been around for quite awhile but is still gaining ground in Facebook, Youtube and website usage. Nothing kills a video faster ...
HeyMic and Zoom – Combination That Gives Powerful Online Presentations
Online Presentations Online screensharing, having been around for quite awhile, is still gaining ground. There were many tools early to the race. But recently Zoom is becoming widely used for ...
The Infamous NO – The Art and Dance of Asking For Something
Asking For Something Yes or NO Have you ever wondered how many times NO is used the first time someone asks for something; when YOU ask for something? There are ...
Speech Contests – Timing is Everything
Competitions Bring Out The Better You Speech Contests Speech timing is crucial to fitting your speaking spot with your presentation. Speaking contests are a great way for you to learn ...
