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Friday, March 19, 2010
Tags: Preparation Public Speaking Techniques and Strategies Analogie If you've never made a pie, you might not know this, but overworking the dough for the crust makes a tough chewy texture rather than the light flaky texture we all prefer. If you overmix the dough when you're making, say, scones, the same thing happens. Hard, dense, chewy scones
 
Friday, March 19, 2010
We teach the techniques, behaviors and skills that are associated with powerful and effective public speaking —and we do it with a proprietary coaching approach that gets great results. So I will stick with skills and technique training every time. Tags: Presentation Skills Speech Preparation Personal Style Public Speaking Skills Techniqu I had lunch with a colleague last week and we had a rousing discussion about two different approaches to teaching public speaking and presentation skills.   My company, DeFinis Communications , approaches the training process from
 
Friday, March 19, 2010
Fortunately, there is a new generation of affordable tools and techniques that can make that transformation inexpensive—and with a bit of outside help—almost painless. But, there are now plenty of tools and techniques that make it pretty darned easy and inexpensive. Share Bring Your Business Up to Speed with Timely Tips from SW Florida Experts Although our Southwest Florida region comprises mostly small businesses, we are blessed with a surprising number of savvy local experts on content marketing and social media.
 

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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.
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: 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
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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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: 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: 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: 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