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Don’t Forget This One Crucial Thing In Your Presentation

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Don't Forget This One Crucial Thing in Your Presentation

Despite how you feel, the goal of your presentation is not to get to the end. Despite what you think, the audience is not gagging for you to read your bullet points to them. Despite what you’ve been told, the attendees didn’t come to lay witness to your awesome PowerPoint skills. Don’t forget this one […]

Nobody Gives a Crap About Your PowerPoint Template

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Nobody Gives a Crap About Your PowerPoint Template

A good indicator of how bad a presentation will be is how long the presenter takes to decide which PowerPoint/Keynote template to use. Firstly, there are no good templates. Second, a template is not going to “fix” your presentation or make your presentation better. The only thing that can improve your presentation is YOU. Deliver […]

Hero’s Journey Approach to Storytelling

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Hero's Journey Approach to Storytelling

Let’s picture the scene. You are sitting in an audience waiting for the next presentation to begin. For the past hour your time has been consumed by data, bullets and lots of technical information. Now imagine the next speaker takes to the stage and launches into a PowerPoint presentation full of complex text and cluttered […]

How to Give a Killer Presentation (Step 2 Will Leave Your Audience Speechless)

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How to Give a Killer Presentation (Step 2 Will Leave Your Audience Speechless)

There’s no shortage of advice on presentations. To be honest, it’s all crap: Here’s how many bullet points to put on each slide… Don’t use these color combinations… Make sure you structure your talk this way… Practice your gestures Remember to include these points… Don’t say these things… Your slide deck should be perfect because […]

Top 5 Techniques for a Stellar Presentation (And The 1 Problem That Will Kill Them All)

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Top 5 Techniques for a Stellar Presentation (And The 1 Problem That Will Kill Them All)

Let’s cut to the chase. Most business presentations are crap. But there’s hope! Here are the top 5 techniques for a stellar presentation (followed by the 1 problem you can use if you prefer doing crap presentations). Stellar Technique 1. Plan your outcome Before you do anything else, get clear about your outcome. Work out […]

3 Tricks to Tame Your Anxiety Before and During a Presentation

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3 Tricks to Tame Your Anxiety Before and During a Presentation

Anxiety is a killer. Your presentation doesn’t stand a chance against it. The more anxious you are about your presentation the closer to disaster you are. You see, anxiety feeds on itself. As your anxiety builds, you focus on what could go wrong and the anxiety gets stronger. The anxiety snowball gains momentum until it’s […]

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8 Killer Speech Openers

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“Good afternoon. Thank you for coming to my presentation. Today I would like to talk about ….. ” How boring is this speech opener? …And how would you feel if you were sitting in the audience?



10 Ingredients of a Knockout Presentation (Number 9 is Impossible)

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This was a terrible idea. Archie swallowed hard, took one step towards the stage, and froze. 300 sets of eyes peered at the stage. Awoken by the movement in the shadows behind the bright lights. Archie Benedict looked down one last time at his notes. How had his business partner, Jeff, considered, even for a […]



9 Visual Communication Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid

Presentation Skills: 9 Visual Communication Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid

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“Penguin doing the moonwalk while eating a banana.” That’s what your crappy visual communication looks like during your presentation. Here are the top 9 visual communication mistakes that make you look stupid in your presentation… Mistake #1: Synchronized signing You know how you spent all that time practicing your gestures? …Complete waste of time! As […]



The 11 Best Presentation Hacks You Will Ever Need (#7 is Pure Genius)

The 11 Best Presentation Hacks You Will Ever Need (#7 is Pure Genius)

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The next 15 minutes were going to be a horror show. Lenny stood at the side of the stage waiting to be introduced. One hand filled with a stack of cue cards, the other hand covering a ginormous yawn. He’d hadn’t slept the night before and was paying for it now. His hamburger lunch had […]



4 Tricks to Keep Your Audience Interested

4 Tricks to Keep Your Audience Interested

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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. […]



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