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Thursday, July 3, 2008
Most fireworks presentations feature a super-explosive Grand Finale. photo credit: empressofdirt What do you do for your own presentation grand finale? Let's say your presentation has achieved the equivalent of garnering ooohs and aaahs. Too many presentations end without a grand finale. Tags: Presentation Whimper!
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Monday, November 10, 2008
It’s commonly thought that effective orators are blessed with a mysterious gift, but all successful speakers use the same simple techniques, and have been doing so at least since they were first taught by the ancient Greeks. At its simplest, the more use made of these techniques, the more impressed audiences will be. Ronald Reagan).
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
It's as important to plan your transitions as it is to plan the rest of your presentation. They're like links in a chain that keep your presentation cohesive and organized. Tags: Quick Fixes Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies How do you handle the spaces in between your points, stories, examples, and exercises?
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
When it comes to experiencing a PowerPoint presentation, there's only so much your brain can process. You can either listen to a presenter speak, or you can try to read what you seen on the screen. And you become irritated with the presenter. The 2008 vogue. Tags: PowerPoint Presentation social media design
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Friday, October 3, 2008
People using the Beyond Bullet Points (BBP) approach enjoy successful presentations because they tell stories while giving the presentation. Instead, they weave together the point of their presentation using the story telling techniques we learned as kids. Beyond Bullet Points: Telling a story with your presentation.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Do you ever feel like an audience member is attacking you when they ask challenging questions during your presentation? Part of preparing for a presentation is anticipating the possible challenges to your message. Tags: Preparation Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Public Speaking Anxiety Resources You might get ruffled.
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
I'm working with a client who is scheduled to give a 12-minute industry presentation on a complex topic with lots of stats and data. If she had an hour, she could delve deeper into her stats, break up the audience into groups for discussion, spend more time analyzing data, and give a more in-depth presentation. Determine her objective.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
A speech can be more complicated to write and deliver than a presentation - not because it's inherently a more difficult kind of public speaking, but because the speaker perceives it differently. Tags: Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Public Speaking Anxiety Is this how I normally talk to people in conversation? She said no.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Here's a quick tip to make your audience more receptive to your presentation: use their names in your talk! Last week at my networking group meeting, one of the speakers managed to mention five or six people in the room as he went through his ten-minute presentation.
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Monday, March 3, 2008
Competent business presentations will always contain logic and statistics. In your next formal or informal business presentation, insert the words, “Imagine this. !” An article on the power of suggestion in persuasive communication relays an important lesson for business communicators. Is this hypnotic? You decide! Absolutely!
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