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 can appear artfully in many types of charts.

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No, this is not a newfangled book on presentations written this year, it’s the book “Practical Charting Techniques” written in 1969 by Mary Eleanor Spear, the statistician of governments and Presidents. Tags: Book Reviews Diary chart data glenn hughes mary eleanor spear practical charting technique The opening line in my new MOST favorite book is, “The response to a visual presentation will determine its value.” My good friend Glenn Hughes at Hues Works turned me on to this book and it’s a gem.

DELIVERY TECHNIQUES Tags: Presentation Tips and Techniques Using Story in Presentations business presentations stories stories in presentation Everyone has heard the advice about incorporating stories into a presentation to make your message more " sticky " and easier to understand. So we're all on board there.

Tags: Presenting Presenting; technique; tool We’ve seen these people. They’re all over the place. In some organizations, it’s institutionalized. What I’m concerned about is the laser pointer.

Tags: delivery technique The next time you give a presentation, ask a trusted colleague to count the number of times you use “fillers” … um, ah, uh, like, you know (to name some of the worst offenders).  Monitor this for two months.  Be sure to list the results in writing. 

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, in the fact that

Then he coached Anne Brennan, a woman with no speaking experience whatsoever, to win a standing ovation at the Liberal Democratic Party annual conference by using rhetorical techniques. Overnight, Max became an in-demand presentation coach and eventually left academic life to teach rhetorical presenting techniques to business people. In his book, Lend Me Your Ears he shares those techniques. Max Atkinson claims there’s no magic to it. There’s no need to go to a quote book.

Use Twitter as a polling technique to gather attendees' opinions and answers. Tags: Presentation Tips and Techniques Twitter business presentations hashtag Twitte 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 incorporate it effectively into your presentation are two very different things.