You’ve read plenty of posts about what to do in your presentations. Probably less about what not to do. When it comes to presentations, a “not to do” list can be more effective than a “to do” list. Simply because it gives you permission to knock out the negative and unnecessary, freeing you up to […]
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Give Me Just 5 Minutes and I’ll Improve Your Presentation 100%
Can I tell you my worst nightmare? Speaking to a roomful of people and realizing the only thing they are thinking about is how to get as far away from me as they can. Scary, right? It happened to me more than once. Reciting my meticulously practiced script, or pointing to a graph or table […]
Why is Your Presentation Boring?
Let’s find out… It’s easy to diagnose a boring presentation. The audience does it for you. Diagnosing your presentation’s boring-ness Is the audience sitting forward, engaged? Do the audience react when you say something that’s emotional? When you ask a question (straight or rhetorical) does the movement in the audience feel like people sitting forward? […]
3 Things You Believe About Presentations That Simply Aren’t True
Newbie presenters often go down the same road when it comes to their first delivery. Treading a well-worn, but flawed, path. If you’re about to do your first presentation. If you’re a bit worried about it. You need to read this… Here are 3 things you believed about presentations that simply aren’t true. Forgetting your lines […]