Archives for April 2017

Top 20 Worst Pieces of Advice Ever Given on Presentation Skills

Beware! Here comes a rant... I was reading an article on a respected website about presentation advice. The title sounded interesting, so I clicked. It announced "Presentation Advice from 20 Expert Presenters." This will be interesting, I thought. Can you imagine my shock and horror once I realized most of the advice from the "experts" was about PowerPoint!?!? ...Advice as shallow as, "Make sure you use a good PowerPoint template." Seriously? That's expert advice? It got me …

Practice Makes Imperfect

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How would you feel? Dana walks to center stage. She pauses, takes a moment. She looks out at the 5,000 delegates as they all peer back at her. There is only one word to describe how Dana feels right now... "Calm." Dana smiles, makes her opening comment, and pauses for a split-second before continuing. Two blocks away, on the 15th floor of a nondescript office tower, Peter stumbles on a power cord as he makes his way to the front of the room. He's prepared as he'll ever …

Yes, Even You Can Use Stories in Your Presentation. Here’s How…

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Tragedy. Then comes the struggle, followed by eventual triumph. That's what great stories are made of. Hardly appropriate for your business presentation, right? When you think of stories in presentations, it's easy to look to the typical TED talk... More about engagement, entertainment, and energy than getting distracted office workers to understand a business decision. It's tempting to write stories off as a silly excess. Unbusinesslike and a waste of your audience's …

Police Arrest Presenters: 3 Stage Fright Killers Unmasked

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Leaked: 3 Stage Fright Killers... Don was shaking, his face bright red. His audience were silent. Some of them looking at Don. Most looking at the floor or anything else that would take their attention away from the train wreck taking place before them. Don hated public speaking. He hadn't wanted to do this presentation. In fact, he'd fought hard against it. His boss had won the fight. He'd convinced Don that getting used to speaking in public was important for his career. Following …

11 Criminal Mistakes Unsuccessful Presenters Make (Number 10 Increases Anxiety)

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Panic is an understatement. A presentation is one of the scariest things you'll ever need to do in business. You have to cope with public speaking, timing, slides, remembering what to say, that embarrassing voice of yours, judgment by your colleagues. You're anxious. You're nervous. You're scared. But most of all... You're normal! It's perfectly normal to feel these emotions Let's look at a case study. A before and after look at the presentation performance of an average …

The 2 Keys to Delivering a Great Speech

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Being natural and conversational is the key to delivering a great speech. Your audience will respond to your genuineness. If you sound like you are just reciting a script your listeners will be repelled. We need to look no further than an everyday office to find examples of what not to do when delivering a speech. Barry Barry Shields is an expert in his field. He had been working for the same company for almost 10 years and his can-do attitude had seen him rise from sales representative to …

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