Tags: Book Reviews Design Strategy charts data grid trend truth visual imag There are few of us who, at at one time or another, have either exaggerated or shaded the truth by either bragging or playing down a story. What we say may not be an untruth, but we want to emphasize one fact to a certain party, and a different fact to another. The same bragging or playing down

Tags: Delivery Diary Message Strategy Future Sex Love Sound Justin Timberlake presentation technique Driving in my car, listening to Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSound, I realized that J.T. has a really good handle on what it means to deliver a great presentation.  Nice!  Take

Tags: Quick Fixes Public Speaking Techniques and Strategie We talk a lot about organizing our content, main points, opening and closing, but we rarely talk about how to get from one segment to the next. How do you handle the spaces in between your points, stories, examples, and exercises? These are your transitions .

Tags: Training Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Adult Learning Principle During a session with a client the other day, we talked about the delivery of his company's new employee orientation. He was looking for ways to make his message more clear and to keep his diverse audience's attention through a day-long training. The orientation is typical in its length,

Today will focus 0n a few of my favorite breathing techniques to use prior to presenting or giving a speech: It is a yogic breathing technique I first learned from struggling through Vinyasa yoga classes with Nicole , and now practice for 5-10 minutes every day. Alternate Nostril Breathing Technique (my favorite) – All you need for this is your thumb, your pinkie finger, and your nose (sounds like the start of a bad joke!).  In Pt. I

Tags: Technology Speakers Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies PresentationCampL The first PresentationCampLA video has been posted! Watch Olivia Mitchell speak on how to incorporate Twitter into your presentations! I

Tags: Pet Peeves Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies PowerPoin More on PowerPoint . . . Most of us really hate it when a speaker reads from her PowerPoint slides, but we may not know exactly why (besides the fact that she keeps her back to us the whole time and speaks like a robot). Subvocalization means "the act or process of inaudibly articulating speech with the speech organs" .

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 a particular question can provoke a feeling of anger or defensiveness.

Tags: Quick Fixes Pet Peeves Public Speaking Techniques and Strategie Following up on my post about where to put your notes , here's my quick tip about using a lectern: Don't. Okay, that's a little harsh. And I'm the first to admit that I hate absolute rules about public speaking.

Tags: Public Speaking Techniques and Strategie Since there was such a great response to the post on PowerPoint slides as handouts (and lots of great suggestions -- check out the comments), I thought you'd enjoy this post by Garr Reynolds from Presentation Zen on " slideuments ." Here's an excerpt: "Slides are slides.