Presenter View is a great tool for presenting, but it’s also excellent for practicing. Presenter View is a secret view that only you see! It’s a way of seeing your notes and upcoming slides while your audience sees only the current slide as usual. Here’s what Presenter View looks like. What can you do with Presenter View? MORE >>

The most valuable tool in my speaker kit Time vs. information How to break down your presentation for the time allotted The rewards of ending on time Great story from someone who did the right thing when there was no time for her to speak Is there enough white space in your presentation? In my finest moment as a standup.it Run out of time? MORE >>

In order to continually improve, we are always trying new techniques, practicing new skills, adding or subtracting technology and tools, watching other speakers to see what's working for them, and of course, watching our audiences to see how they're responding. Adding to one's public speaking "bag of tricks" is a constant effort. Smile more. MORE >>

Now, another powerful tool has emerged: PitchEngine , which lets you create and share social media releases for free. If you think this social media stuff and tools like PitchEngine are a passing fad, here are some impressive stats on their social media release tool: More than 3500 brands have created thousands of releases since October 2008. MORE >>

Jon Thomas, in his blog, Presentation Advisors , has written a post, “ My Five Favorite Free Presentation Design Tools ,&# and I thought I’d share them with you. Compfight is a tool to search for images on Flikr. letting you easily find images that have Creative Commons or Commercial licenses. MORE >>