When most people think of dial testing, they think of how it’s being used in more visible research, like gathering feedback on political speeches or debates, or for tv pilot testing. But an area where we’re seeing recent growing interest in dial testing is in keynote presentations. In today’s age […]
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Engagious Podcast: Melissa Marshall, Curing the Curse of Knowledge
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My guest on this week’s episode has taken on a monumental challenge… Teaching scientists how to effectively communicate the value and impact of their work to the rest of us. Fortunately, Melissa Marshall is uniquely qualified to tackle this challenge. She’s spent 10 years as a communications professor at Penn State University, teaching public speaking and presentation skills, as well as designing new courses for science and engineering students to help them better present their work and delivering a popular TED Global Talk on the topic that has been viewed over two million times.
Crowd-Funded and Crowd-Selected Pitchlandia Startups Put on a Show
OMSI’s foyer was buzzing last night with innovative Portlanders eager to pitch their startups as well as curious audience members ready to hear about Portland’s fresh, new business ideas. (BTW, the buzz around the event could not only felt but heard out of the flaming bagpipes of the Portland’s iconic […]
Perception Analyzer Powers Portland-esque Pitchlandia
We’re no strangers to pitch competitions. After all, our dials have been used to judge everything from Food Network Star to The Celebrity Apprentice. But every once in a while, we land upon a competition that just seems to be tailor-made for our Perception Analyzer dials. This is the case […]
Portland techies give Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer a piece of their mind
Nice lines? Mostly meh for Mayer based off our dial group results. In 2013, mobile technology leader Qualcomm kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with a keynote address for the ages; many critics might say, “The dark ages,” as reviews ranged from “insane” to “awkward” to “speechless.” While […]
Perception Analyzer voting determines the winning team on The Celebrity Apprentice
On the March 27, episode of NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice teams ASAP and BACKBONE battled it out to see which could create a better promotional video for ACN’s new video phone. Rather than company executives picking the winning team, ACN employees got to determine the teams’ fate and BACKBONE […]
Perception Analyzer by Dialsmith to be featured on
The Celebrity Apprentice
On March 27, the Perception Analyzer® by Dialsmith® will be used to help select the winning team on NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice. As the teams compete in the upcoming task employees of the sponsoring company will cast their vote for the winning team with the help of Dialsmith’s Perception Analyzer […]
Dialsmith and the Perception Analyzer at TED
Dialsmith had the pleasure of providing audience feedback at TED2011. Audience members used Perception Analyzer dials to confidentially give continuous, real-time feedback TED. Each Talk and video was evaluated, resulting in rich data for TED staff to use in their on-going quest to enhance the TED experience, both live […]
Your Presentation Stinks (sorry, it does) – please vote
After years of giving presentations and working with clients to make theirs more effective it’s time to share what we’ve learned. We have a number of things in the works, but first is a ChangeThis manifesto. In order to get this written we need your vote. Please read the description […]
