Every Tuesday I publish a short post with quick, consumable presentation tips. Here is Tip #3. The audience member is confused by the different design styles (which no template can truly protect from) and the execution ultimately fails. TIP: If you’re working in a group, assign one person to design the presentation. MORE >>

Your audience may feel similarly or they may not know what to feel. If you overreact and seem upset or flustered, your audience will pick that up and assume the "surprise" is a big deal. Certainly your first concern is to put the audience at ease. The audience laughed and everything was fine. All of you know who I am." MORE >>

(This is an excerpt from my free eBook, “ Ten Tips and Techniques For More Effective Presentations ”.). Here are a few tips to help you nail that live performance.  If you read your slides, your audience will immediately know that you don’t know what you’re talking about and that you didn’t care enough to prepare for them. MORE >>

While becoming a superhero doesn’t happen overnight, here are a few tips to get you on the right path. You may be able to find some of these on low-cost stock imagery sites, but try searching Flickr (via CompFight ) or other alternative image sites to find images and photographers that will uplift your presentation. MORE >>

Pioneer presenters are using social media to engage their audience and extend the reach of their ideas. Twitter Twitter , Facebook Facebook , and numerous custom online tools allow presenters to create a backchannel for their audience’s ideas and feedback. Here are 9 tips for improving your presentations with social media. MORE >>