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Easy Way to Memorize the Main Points in Your Speech

By Dave Mac 3 Comments

Easy Way to Memorize the Main Points in Your Speech

I posted earlier about the best way to memorize your speech. That post has proved pretty popular, so I’m following that up today with another post about memorization. In the previous post I talked about not trying to memorize your script word-for-word and only having three main points in your presentation. If you are knowledgeable […]

Top 6 Public Speaking Tips: Deliver Like a Pro

By Dave Mac 16 Comments

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 […]

4 Tricks to Keep Your Audience Interested

By Dave Mac 27 Comments

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. […]

The First 2 Seconds of Your Presentation are Make or Break

By Dave Mac 13 Comments

The First 2 Seconds of Your Presentation are Make or Break

No matter what you do in your presentation the first 2 seconds are what sticks in your audience’s mind. There are many aspects of your presentation that will make an impact on the audience. These can be: Body language Eye contact Vocal emphasis Slide design Question handling None of the above will have much impact […]

Killer Presentations: 3 Things to Never Do

By Dave Mac 11 Comments

Want to deliver a killer presentation? Well, what you don’t do is just as important as what you do do. Here are the 3 critical mistakes amateur presenters make: 1. Full sentences on slides The number one scourge of business presentations the world over is misuse of PowerPoint slides. Sadly the PowerPoint software often gets the […]

6 Tips to Give a Presentation Like a Pro

By Dave Mac 19 Comments

6 Tips to Give a Presentation Like a Pro

Your hands go cold. You stutter. You stammer. You look at the clock… Ten minutes to go. How are you going to get through this! You aim the laser pointer at the screen behind you and start reading your first bullet point. Someone in the audience smirks. Another 10 minutes of this? Giving a presentation […]

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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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