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<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;">Topic: Technically
Speaking...<br>
Presenter: Alan Hoffler<br>
When: Thursday, August 11th, 7pm<br>
Where: Red Hat HQ, NCSU Centennial Campus<br>
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<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;">One of the coolest
parts about TriLUG is how the members share their<br>
projects with the rest of the group. Most of the TriLUG
meeting presentations<br>
over the last year have been given by members, not by outside
guests.<br>
But, geeks that we are, many of us are more comfortable in
front of a laptop<br>
(or a green screen terminal) than we are in front of a crowd.<br>
We feel that the guy up front must have a knack for speaking,
or maybe<br>
he had a class on it. What does it take to be a good speaker?</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;">Alan Hoffler was
teaching technical courses at SAS, and teaching other<br>
trainers how to teach, when he realized that his true passion
was teaching<br>
communication skills. This month, Alan will show us that
giving a good<br>
technical presentation is not that hard to do. In fact, it's
something that<br>
any of us can do.</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;">We are very excited
about having this crash course in technical presentation<br>
skills, because we rely on our members for many of our
programs. And<br>
many of us are asked to give technical presentations at work
as well.</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;">About the speaker:<br>
Alan D. Hoffler<br>
Trainer, Speaker, Consultant, Coach</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;">Raised around
America's Space Program, Alan Hoffler has earned<br>
degrees in aerospace engineering and applied mathematics and
never<br>
bothered to pursue a living in either field. At some point in
his 20 years<br>
of training technical corporate audiences, instructing in the
college<br>
classroom, teaching public high school, and speaking
nationally to pilots<br>
about flying safety he became passionate about helping others<br>
communicate more effectively. He believes that communication
has the<br>
power to change a person, an organization, a community, and
the world.<br>
When he’s not speaking or training, he stays active serving in
the local<br>
chapter of his professional organization, supporting
activities and<br>
instructing in his local church, and enjoying the privileges
of his<br>
commercial pilot’s license. His blog identifies solutions to
common<br>
communication foibles and highlights his analytical eye and
desire to<br>
improve himself as well as his clients. His most challenging
training<br>
endeavor is also his most enjoyable – raising two children –
and is the<br>
basis of a forthcoming book on fatherhood.</p>
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