It's an emergency! Your boss or clients have given you less than 24 hours to get a presentation ready... Help! Don't worry... Here is how to make a good presentation in a hurry. It's efficient for us time-poor types and it's an easy 4-step process: Outline your presentation Practice your speech based on the outline Create a simple slide deck to support your … [Read more...] about How to Make a Good Presentation in a Hurry
Archives for June 2016
How to Design Presentation Slides
I've got bad news for you: Great presentation slides can't save a bad public speaker. Imagine Albert from the accounting department delivering a monotone speech using Steve Jobs quality slides. Doesn't work, right?! The good news is, well-designed presentation slides can turn a great speech into an awesome presentation. Preparation done? The key to creating a … [Read more...] about How to Design Presentation Slides
Top 6 Public Speaking Tips: Deliver Like a Pro
Public speaking can be one of the most challenging tasks you are ever required to do. Putting yourself out there in front of an audience can be rough. If only there was a list of public speaking tips which would have an instant impact on your presentation... Oh, look!.. Here they are: 1. Plan backwards You've just been asked to deliver a speech and it's panic stations. … [Read more...] about Top 6 Public Speaking Tips: Deliver Like a Pro
4 Tricks to Keep Your Audience Interested
Janice Brown pressed the clicker and advanced to her second slide. She turned back to the audience and continued. "As you can see..." Janice was nervous. There were only about 25 people in front of her and this made her more jittery. She could see every wince, every uncomfortable shift, and every check of a wrist watch. She turned towards the screen and read her … [Read more...] about 4 Tricks to Keep Your Audience Interested
Death by PowerPoint is a Myth: Nice Slides Won’t Save Your Presentation
Have you ever experienced death by PowerPoint? Death by PowerPoint is an affliction caused by poor use of presentation software. Such as having huge slabs of text or bullet points on slides. The audience is likely to be bored to death by the PowerPoint. Death by PowerPoint is a myth Andrew Shields is an awesome presenter. He has a knack for clearly explaining information. … [Read more...] about Death by PowerPoint is a Myth: Nice Slides Won’t Save Your Presentation