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Friday, January 8, 2010
So when Microsoft asked us to use latest version of PowerPoint to create a cinematic presentation , we couldn’t wait to show off our skills.
(Our We used PowerPoint 2010–and only PowerPoint 2010–to create a short trailer sharing “5 Rules for Creating Great Presentations.” Tags: Design Video Five Rules PowerPoint 201 When if comes to software, bells and whistles are great! If you don’t know how to use them.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
As part of a “Public Speaking and the New Year” blog carnival organized by Angela de Finis, I’ve identified what I see as the major challenge or trend for each presentation type in 2010 and given you my best presentation tip to overcome it.
Many years ago, a senior manager commissioned us to run a presentation skills course for his team. Every type of presentation has its own challenges. Best presentation tip for a training session
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Tags: Presentation skill Scott Berkun speaking at the Web2.0 Expo 2009. Photo by James Duncan Davidson.
Scott Berkun’s book Confessions of a public speaker is an entertaining and enlightening read on what it what it takes, and what it’s like, to be a professional speaker.
I’ve
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Stories and images help but it takes work because it’s a skill not readily cultivated in organizations.
What makes an effective presentation? I recently interviewed Nancy Duarte, CEO and principal of Duarte Design and author of slide:ology , to find out what she thinks. You don’t have to go far to figure out Duarte is passionate about story-telling and using effective visuals to tell the story.
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Friday, January 8, 2010
Drew Stevens sharing secrets to effective sales presentations from an in-demand sales presentation skills trainer. [link] Drew Stevens PhD, President of Stevens Consulting Group and renowned author, consultant and sales expert literally wrote the book on improving sales skills. Drew is the author of the best seller Split Second Selling and Ultimate Business Bible that have helped thousands of frustrated sales managers, selling professionals and entrepreneurs improve their skills and gain dramatic results. Dr.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Tags: presentation skills speaker training social media public speaking tip Public speaking comes with a lot of assumptions baked into it--forms, formats and formalities that have been used over and over again for centuries. Here's the basic recipe: Someone, the expert, strides to the front, gets introduced, stands behind a lectern on a raised platform and speaks for 30 minutes to an hour, perhaps taking a few audience questions at the end, but only if time permits.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tags: Presentation Skill Successful presentations and speeches need to hook the audience’s attention in the first few seconds. It’s so obvious that I am amazed at the number of people ignore this and start their presentations by giving their name and their credentials.
“Good 8220;Good afternoon, my name is X and I am the marketing manager,,,,,”
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Tags: Presentation Skills Public Speaking Rhetorical Devices Scripting Your Speech Speech Writing Statistics Visual Aids Bad Habits How to start a speech PowerPoint Speeche It’s that time of year again! What time? you ask.
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Nancy and Meryl chatted about what makes a presentation effective and memorable (a story), what makes a story good (it moves your audience), and why sketching and drawing at any skill level can make you a better presenter (it gets you thinking outside the box.) If you’re interested in presentation design, you’ve heard of Cliff Atkinson . His best-selling book, Beyond Bullet Points , has inspired many people to break away from the traditionally bullet-heavy presentation format.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
taught them again recently in a presentation skills class for college students.
If you have Photoshop skills, you could make the transition more gradual with a transparency gradient, but this isn’t necessary.
In my “Create an Outstanding Presentation” workshops and self-study course , I teach four layouts that always look good. I
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