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Public Speaking Improvement Tips

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Got a speech or presentation coming up? Here are 16 public speaking improvement tips to turn your delivery up a notch. If you have any questions or comments I’d love to hear from you (and I will reply) so please leave your comments below. Here goes: Know Your Audience One of the most important steps […]

How to Start a Presentation

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Here’s how to start a presentation (and it’s NOT what you think!) There are 3 factors that you need to consider: How you stand How you feel What you say Watch my video how to start a presentation to discover more. If you have any questions about how to do your presentation please post them […]

33 Tweaks to a Better Presentation

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33 Tweaks to a Better Presentation (Only 3 Are About Slides)

Everyone can do something to improve their presentation skills. Yes, everyone! You, me, all those people doing TED talks, professional keynote speakers, everyone. No one is ever perfect. So, with each presentation it’s possible to tweak a few things here or there to help you grow. Below are 33 tweaks you can make to improve […]

10 Most Popular Presentation Skills Articles of 2017

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10 Most Popular Presentation Skills Articles of 2017

Here are the must-read articles on presentation skills to make you deliver your presentations with a bang in 2018! Thank you to everyone who has visited my blog over the last year. Your support and feedback give me the motivation to keep blogging about presentations and presentation skills. In October my blog reached a record […]

3 Zero-Effort Presentation Hacks to Keep Your Audience Interested

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3 Zero-Effort Presentation Hacks to Keep Your Audience Interested

The business presentation. Perhaps one of the least fun things you’ll ever be faced with at work. Boring to the point of coma-inducing. You dread getting the electronic invites: You’ve been selected to attend this week’s performance of “Guess the point of this slide” a.k.a. “Find the white space”. Now it’s even worse. Now you’re […]

21 Things I Wish I Knew When I Did My First Presentation

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21 Things I Wish I Knew When I Did My First Presentation

Nightmare! There was no chance Sandra’s project was going to be approved now. Months of work down the drain. Crazy amounts of overtime, family time missed. All to be frittered away because Sandra couldn’t explain her project to the board of directors. She rested her head in her hands as she thought about everything she’d […]

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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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