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Friday, September 18, 2009
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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Thursday, February 11, 2010
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
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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.
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
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.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
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 .
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
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.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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
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