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Ten ways to transition to your next idea
Speak Schmeak
APRIL 8, 2008
Show a slide or give a handout that gets the audience thinking about your next segment. Ask a question that previews the next segment and write the answers on a flip chart.
Your time's been cut -- what do you do?
Speak Schmeak
MARCH 7, 2011
If I have a question I want the audience to discuss, and I'm planning to write answers on the flip chart, I skip the flip chart and just have a general discussion. If there's a handout I want to discuss, instead I give the handout and instructions to use it later.
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Are you too dependent on your co-presenter?
Speak Schmeak
JUNE 24, 2010
Bring props and handouts. Write on a flip chart. Imagine you have a presentation you've been working on with a partner. Then the day comes to give your presentation, and your partner is sick, so you have to deliver alone.
Your time's been cut -- what do you do?
Speak Schmeak
MARCH 7, 2011
If I have a question I want the audience to discuss, and I'm planning to write answers on the flip chart, I skip the flip chart and just have a general discussion. If there's a handout I want to discuss, instead I give the handout and instructions to use it later.
Are you too dependent on your co-presenter?
Speak Schmeak
JUNE 24, 2010
Bring props and handouts. Write on a flip chart. Imagine you have a presentation you've been working on with a partner. Then the day comes to give your presentation, and your partner is sick, so you have to deliver alone.
A Public Speaker’s Checklist
Manner of Speaking
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Coloured markers for a flip chart. Handouts related to the presentation. As public speakers, we should be focused on our audience and the material. The last thing we want is to be distracted because we’ve overlooked a logistical detail. Set out below is checklist of 50 things that public speakers need to remember before speaking. A few things to note about the list: It is restricted to matters of a logistical nature.
Is PowerPoint the new black?
Speak Schmeak
JANUARY 6, 2009
Show data on your slides only if the charts or graphs are simple, clean, and data points large enough to be seen in the back of the room. Otherwise, put data into separate handouts.
Prepared vs. over-prepared
Speak Schmeak
DECEMBER 10, 2007
You've got a plan B for possible mishaps with your computer, props, handouts, flip chart, etc. Your PowerPoint is dense with thick paragraphs, tiny text, bullets, charts, and graphs to make sure you haven't left anything out 6.
Hi, my name is Lisa. I'm a paranoid preparer.
Speak Schmeak
MAY 31, 2012
This has come in handy; several times I've needed batteries for my remote, masking tape to hold flip charts together, and other various and sundry odds and ends.
Public Speaking - Projector Set Up
Great Public Speaking
MARCH 16, 2012
You may as well write on the flip chart, (since you can't get the overhead turned on) I haven't prepared for this presentation. If you aren't using surprise visuals, you could reproduce them in the handout material just in case all your equipment malfunctions. When using projected visuals, or any visuals, it is important to incorporate them into your presentation from the beginning. You will want to plan your visuals to enhance your presentation.
How the Grinch Spoke at Christmas - adapted by John Zimmer
Speak Schmeak
DECEMBER 24, 2009
Flip charts and handouts back from the print shop. Huge thanks to John Zimmer for his creativity and brilliance in revising this classic for us speakers. View it on his site for the accompanying images.
How the Grinch Spoke at Christmas - adapted by John Zimmer
Speak Schmeak
DECEMBER 24, 2009
Flip charts and handouts back from the print shop. Huge thanks to John Zimmer for his creativity and brilliance in revising this classic for us speakers. View it on his site for the accompanying images.
PowerPoint in the Pentagon
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
JULY 13, 2009
If you need a lot of text as reference material after the meeting, create a separate handout in Word or use the hidden slide technique to create a PowerPoint file that contains all the text but doesn’t have you presenting a “wall of text”. I think many organizations could cut down on the length of meeting minutes or flip charts if they adopted this technique.
4 Types of Audience Tension or A Review from an Evening with Ed Tate
Speak and Deliver
OCTOBER 14, 2011
Do you distract your audience with handouts? Ed used a flip chart to track ideas on, and had some Champions Edge cards passed out, but neither played a large part in the presentation.
How to Turn a Service Club Talk into a Marketing Opportunity
Executive Speech Coach
JULY 16, 2010
Its a comfort knowing that the lights, the microphone, the flip charts, etc. Handouts: Develop a page detailing your key points. Make sure that the handout includes your name, address and telephone number. Executive Speech Coach - Business Presentations Business presentations tips for executives, sales presenters, managers, technical experts and professionals from the "Speech Coach for Executives" George Torok.
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