Instead, they weave together the point of their presentation using the story telling techniques we learned as kids. 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?  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.

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,

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 .

Tags: Preparation Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Public Speaking Anxiety Resources PowerPoint Openings and Closing Cam Beck asked me this question the other day in response to my post about your worst public speaking fear coming true : "So how do you know the difference between preparing and over-preparing?" First of all, here's what it looks like to be unprepared . Also, here's a post I wrote about how I prepare for a presentation .

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

Tags: Preparation Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Resources Communicatio This post is adapted from Joey Asher’s new book “How to Win a Pitch: The Five Fundamentals that Will Distinguish You from the Competition." It is available at [link] and on Amazon (pre-order until May 19). I attended many high school parties where there weren’t

Tags: Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies General Comments Resource 40 to 45% of American adults make one or more resolutions each year. Are you one of them? Most New Year's resolutions are about health, fitness, money management, time management and ending bad habits like smoking.

If you communicate the hashtag to attendees before the presentation, you can generate interest in your upcoming presentation by tweeting questions or recommended links and resources thereby facilitating a dialogue before you actually speak. Use Twitter as a polling technique to gather attendees' opinions and answers. OTHER RESOURCES In a previous post, I explored  common concerns about Twitter usage in presentations and concluded that Twitter offers many benefits in terms of audience involvement and engagement. However, seeing the benefits of using Twitter and being able to

I've updated the PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques Resource Guide listing to include several new books, blogs, web sites and article links that I've come across or that have been submitted to me.  The Resource Guide is now in its 10th version.  Tags: e-Marketing presenter Online presentations Photography PowerPoint PowerPoint Charts PowerPoint You can download and share the Guide -  Download PPT-PowerfulPresentationTechniquesResourceGuideRev10 If you have additions or changes that should be made to the listing, please send me an e-mail .