To get your storytelling juices flowing, visit some of the many resources available on the web.  What are your favorite resources and sources of story inspiration?  MIT Storytelling and Business Resources People using the Beyond Bullet Points (BBP) approach enjoy successful presentations because they tell stories while giving the presentation. They don’t load their slides with a lot of words and meaningless data.

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And this was one of the most valuable resources that I ran across since this is exactly what I hate to... [Read How to Change the World A practical blog for impractical people. « A Brief History of Mine | Main | Resolution Assistance » December 30, 2005 The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint I suffer from something called Ménière’s disease—don’t worry, you cannot get it from reading my blog.

Here are a couple of resources for dealing with true hecklers and tough audiences: Heckle Schmeckle Tough Topics, Tough Audiences Dealing With Hecklers (a compilation of suggestions from subscribers to SpeakerNetNews.com) ...Tags: Tags: Preparation Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Public Speaking Anxiety Resource Do you ever feel like an audience member is attacking you when they ask challenging questions during your presentation? Hopefully, your audience doesn't actually try to discredit you or prove you wrong, as a client recently mentioned to me, but sometimes

Tags: Preparation Resource Interesting article at the BPS Research Digest Blog about therapy being more effective when therapists focus on their clients' strengths. "They've found that getting psychologists to think about their clients' strengths for a few minutes before a therapy session is great for the quality of the therapist-client relationship and leads to improved recovery for the clients." It made me wonder if thinking positive thoughts about your audience as part of your preparation ritual might improve the speaker-audience connection and help your audience get more from your presentation.

Tags: Speakers General Comments Resource I've pointed you to Andrew Dlugan's blog before, but today I want to mention his " Week in Review " Saturday posts that gather interesting content from around the public speaking blogosphere and plops them down all in one place. It's a great way to get caught up on valuable public speaking posts on a wide range of topics, and you know they'll be good because Andrew has done the filtering.

Tags: Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Resources PowerPoin Conference attendees frequently request PowerPoint slides as handouts. If your PowerPoint has so much text and data that it can be used as a handout, then you're doing something wrong. Your PowerPoint is most effective when it's image-based with minimal text and enhances your presentation, as I've mentioned here , here and here .

in the dryer, or a silly joke in your child’s lunch box." Stick messages or silly questions relating to your topic under the audience's chairs and have them find them and read them out loud at the appropriate time (one of my clients does this). "Make a list of local shops, restaurants, hair salons, and other services for new neighbors." Give your audience a list of follow-up resources that includes websites, books and articles not just from yourself, but from other experts as well. "Take a dozen fresh-baked cookies to your local fire or police station." When I'm doing a long workshop,

Tags: Stories Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Resources Communicatio Check out this article " The Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn ," from Scientific American. It's about why we enjoy listening to and telling stories and what those stories reveal about our brains and our social, emotional and cognitive development. "Psychologists Psychologists and neuroscientists have recently

Tags: The Business of Coaching Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Public Speaking Anxiety Taking Risks Resource Seth Godin starts off his recent post " Do you have 16 boxes? " by saying, "Your career is not a boat. Neither is your business.