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45 years ago today, a speech never given
Ian Griffin - Professionally Speaking
JULY 20, 2014
In advance of the mission, anticipating the risks involved, White House speechwriter Bill Safire prepared a speech to be given by President Nixon if the lunar module was unable to return to Earth. 45 years ago today, on July 20 1969, Apollo 11 touched down on the surface of the Moon. Thankfully, this was a […]. Speechwriting Apollo 11
Presentation delivery tips for the greatest impact
PowerPoint Tips
JUNE 1, 2014
Voice: Modulate your tone, speak loud enough for people to hear without being too loud, and use pauses for effect. I just did a webinar for the Canadian Association of Communicators in Education called “Presentations that Impact Lives.”
Comparing webinar services-Google Hangouts on Air, GoToWebinar, and Zoom-and why I chose Zoom
PowerPoint Tips
JANUARY 8, 2016
Zoom has both meeting and webinar modules. Here are some more advantages of Zoom: It can handle up to 3000 attendees with the webinar module — not that I’ve tested that many people! More and more, presenters are presenting online, using webinar services. So I thought I’d share my experience and maybe comparing webinar services will help you make a choice. I’ve switched to Zoom!
Beyond Bullet Points Online Course is Ready to Go!
Beyond Bullet Points
MARCH 5, 2012
Modules include: • Previewing the Route You’ll Take with BBP (Running time 12 minutes 48 seconds). Module 1: Comparing Two PowerPoint Routes, and Two Outcomes (26:55). Module 2: Igniting Your Ideas by Sparking Emotion (36:53).
Side-by-side speaker video and slide content for a live presentation feel
PowerPoint Tips
AUGUST 10, 2015
Here are some ideas for using such a presentation: For internal training, on your organization’s Intranet or LMS (Learning Module System). Start by watching this short video. What do you think?
When Things Go Wrong: Ten Presentation Lessons from Apollo 13
Manner of Speaking
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
Lesson 6: Weigh your options carefully but quickly and decide which workaround you will use. (“The only engine we’ve got with enough power for a direct abort is the SPS on the Service Module. The day of the big presentation has arrived.
Are You Making These 5 Critical E-Commerce Mistakes?
Great Public Speaking
OCTOBER 23, 2013
Most of my business runs through a shopping cart system that includes broadcast email, autoresponders, upselling modules, promotion testing modules and many other features that help you sell more to each customer that visits your site. Keywords With all the fancy technical capabilities available to small businesspeople when it comes to their websites the same problem still exists that has existed for years.
Webinar “How to Plan an Audience-friendly Presentation”: Your Questions Answered
Speaking about Presenting
OCTOBER 1, 2010
Design an “umbrella” key message for the whole day, and then a key message for each module of your training. For training sessions, break up the session into several modules. Design each module using a separate planner.
Storytelling and Empathy take Center Stage at the Watermark Conference for Women
Duarte Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
She modulated the story between the current state and a better possible future state, and she used plenty of emotional content that the audience could relate to. A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Watermark Conference for Women in San Jose.
Is your presentation like a flea market?
Speak Schmeak
MARCH 14, 2012
If I decide I'm going to talk about fear and anxiety in a presentation, I can pull that whole module of, say, 9 slides, from another presentation. Image by Pedro Moura Pinheiro Presentations can go wrong in a lot of different ways. Here's one way that you may have perpetrated, or perhaps experienced as an audience member.
Webinar “How to Plan an Audience-friendly Presentation”: Your Questions Answered
Speaking about Presenting
OCTOBER 1, 2010
Design an “umbrella” key message for the whole day, and then a key message for each module of your training. For training sessions, break up the session into several modules. Design each module using a separate planner.
The Weekend - How 20th Century
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
APRIL 14, 2017
Recently, that's how I landed the assignment to research and create training modules on a technical subject for an online education enterprise. In a digital world, there is no concept of "weekend." " Yet, too many bloggers assume that they can take a weekly two-day vacation from posting. Yet, it's weekend posting which can give them the edge in creating a brandname, building a following and, you bet, developing new business.
"13 Reasons Why" - Generation Z Binge-Watching Netflix Long-Form Series on Teen Suicide
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
APRIL 23, 2017
Other evidence that long form isn't dead is that in creating modules for online instruction about environmentalism, I am using detailed descriptions. The series on Netflix "13 Reasons Why" probes the underlying reasons of Hannah Baker's suicide. She was a teen.
How to Get Angry in Public - Australian Prime Minister Gillard Shows Us How to Get It Right
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
NOVEMBER 9, 2012
Gillard, on the other hand, keeps her voice well modulated and in a low register of her range.
Famous Speech Friday: Annie Oakley's Libel Cases
The Eloquent Woman
MARCH 16, 2012
Oakley's answers were delivered in a "well-modulated and low voice," even in response to questions like, "Aren't you the woman who used to shoot out here and run along and turn head over heels, allowing your skirts to fall, and you wore buckskin leggings?"
Power Presentations Tip 59: When They Cut Your Presentation Time
Executive Speech Coach
MARCH 26, 2012
To make it easierto trim your presentation, create it as a series of modules. Rehearse the presentation as modules so you can separateor reorder them when necessary. How to Adapt to Changing Time Constraints The worstpresentation sin is to waste time. Imagine thissituation.
From the vault: Confidence--how to fake it until you make it
The Eloquent Woman
AUGUST 10, 2011
Your voice projects well and modulates effortlessly to fit the emotions and facts in your speech. You can't buy confidence as a public speaker--you can only build it up, like a muscle, over time.
Free PowerPoint alternatives–OpenOffice.org
PowerPoint Tips
MAY 8, 2011
>OpenOffice.org Impress to start the presentation module. OpenOffice.org is a Microsoft Office clone, pretty close to Office 2003.
What’s my best presentation tip for the presentations that you do?
Speaking about Presenting
JANUARY 19, 2010
So he applies the 10 minute rule: “I decided that every lecture I’d ever give would come in discrete modules. Since the 10 minute rule had been known for many years, I decided the modules would last only 10 minutes.&#. Every type of presentation has its own challenges.
Ed Milliband Conference Speech. Showing how it’s meant to be done!
The Presenter's Blog
OCTOBER 2, 2012
He also manages to achieve a full range of emotions, and those emotions are backed-up with… 4: Superb voice modulation. Congratulations Ed Milliband. The leader of Britain’s Labour Party just delivered what can only be called a barn-stormer of a speech.
Toastmasters Friday: What Makes A Champion? - Guest Post by Sharookh Daroowala
Speak and Deliver
JANUARY 8, 2016
In the Revitalized Education Program, one of Sharookh’s speeches will be featured in the module “Connect With Storytelling”.
Digitizing and Widgetizing Our Textbooks
The Communication Blog
APRIL 17, 2016
And periodically, usually at the end of each module, there is a brief quiz to assess the student’s understanding of the material. And so, the learning objectives are identified first in the chapter opener, then at the beginning of each module, and then again, in the summary. Module (noun) A main section of the chapter Static text (noun phrase) A text without a widget Widget (noun) An interactive.
Give Your Presentation Skills a Pilates Workout
DeFinis Communications
APRIL 23, 2012
Proper breathing will help you maintain control, calm your nerves, and give you the air you need to speak effectively with an even and modulated rate of speech. Joseph Pilates, the man who created and promoted the Pilates method of physical fitness, may not have been a public speaker, but all presenters can still learn a thing or two from him. In the course of his work, Pilates formulated six key principles to improve the quality of your physical strength and endurance.
Extend your reach as a speaker or trainer with webinars
PowerPoint Tips
OCTOBER 14, 2013
Create short elearning modules. Are you a public speaker or trainer? Right now, you might speak or train in front of a live audience. While that scenario isn’t going away, other options have been available for a while and are changing rapidly. You should know about the latest trends.
Tom Antion - Handouts
Great Public Speaking
MAY 20, 2011
I only use modules that I know will pertain to their group and many times I include quotes that I got from the actual attendees during my pre-program interviews. Handouts are multipurpose tools that enhance most presentations. They are also another way to get audience members in fun.
Wealthy Speaker U: Catapult Your Business
Speaker Launcher
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
A combination of private coaching with Jane, monthly calls with your group, and 10 fabulous audio and video learning modules, this program will help catapult your. The Wealthy Speaker University was a huge hit last year! And we’re starting our 2013 classes in January.
The Nonverbal Communication Book TOC
The Communication Blog
JUNE 17, 2013
To Modulate. Here is the Table of Contents for The Nonverbal Communication Book. The Nonverbal Communication Book. Contents in Brief. Welcome to The Nonverbal Communication Book. Part One. Foundations of Nonverbal Communication. Introducing Nonverbal Communication. Part Two. The Codes of Nonverbal Communication. Body Messages. Facial Messages. Eye Messages. Artifactual Messages. Space Messages. Touch Messages. Paralanguage and Silence Messages. Time Messages. Part Three.
A Group Training Us in Public Speaking - But no one can manage a one-on-one conversation
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JUNE 16, 2016
Those developmental courses in public speaking should have a module or more on what it takes to manage a conversation. Speaking to an audience effectively is one thing. Being able to conduct a one-on-one conversation is another.
Toastmasters Friday: Where Leaders Are Made
Speak and Deliver
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
The Successful Club series offers leadership training modules at the club level. Two new members joined my small club last night. They've both joined to gain confidence in their public speaking skills - one specifically to help with his accent and mastery of the English language.
Is your presentation like a flea market?
Speak Schmeak
MARCH 14, 2012
If I decide I'm going to talk about fear and anxiety in a presentation, I can pull that whole module of, say, 9 slides, from another presentation. Image by Pedro Moura Pinheiro Presentations can go wrong in a lot of different ways.
Ruth Madoff - Media Pinata
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 19, 2017
I was preoccupied with a major assignment creating online modules for a LEED certification course. Ruth Madoff had to know. And the "what" she had to know is that her husband Bernie Madoff was operating a massive Ponzi scheme.
Hillary Clinton - Power Of Self-Control
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 22, 2015
Instructors in anger management courses can provide a "do a Hillary" module. Watch Hillary lose it at the Benghazi hearing. That was probably the expectation of her enemies. And there are many. But Hillary has mastered the art of self-c0ntrol.
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Beyond Bullet Points
JULY 9, 2012
Seven modules featuring narration, examples, downloads, and interactive quizzes to test your knowledge and help you to build your own personal presentation along the way. To try the Preview Module at no obligation, click the Start button at the Coggno course page at this link: [link]. From now until July 31, 2012 take advantage of our July savings with 40% off the BBP 101 Online Course.
Two Weeks Left to Enroll in the Online Course for $99.98 – price to increase on June 1
Beyond Bullet Points
MAY 17, 2012
To try the Preview Module at no obligation, click the Start button at the Coggno course page at this link: [link Since we launched the BBP 101 online course we’ve offered enrollment at the low introductory rate of 1-year of full access for only $99.98. The introductory offer ends on May 31, so if you’re interested in taking the course, be sure to do so by the end of the month.
Drudge Report - Look At Him This Week (saluting female entrepreneurs)
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 27, 2017
And left to return to ghostwriting a book on cognitive therapy and modules on climate change for an online teaching company. The Drudge Report headlines with "New Week."
Big Words - How 20th Century
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
AUGUST 11, 2016
Even in grade school, we had lesson modules to improve our vocabulary. " My students don't use 'big words.' ' And most of the time they stare into the ether when I use any word longer than two syllables."
How to manage feedback from the presentation backchannel
Speaking about Presenting
FEBRUARY 10, 2010
If you prepare your presentation as a number of discrete modules you’ll find that adjusting your content to audience feedback will be much easier.
Buddha and Cleveland Clinic Branding
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 10, 2017
For the first of many modules we each would have to pony up $15. By time all the modules were ordered that could add up to three figures. Mindfulness has been encouraged for stressed professionals.
Checklist for Evaluating a Shopping Cart System
Great Public Speaking
AUGUST 8, 2012
If you start getting answers like, “Well if you wanted it to do that, we could custom program it for you,” or “Yes it will do that if you buy another module from a third party vendor,” or “I think we could get it to do that, but we’ve never had anyone ask before,” then you may be on pretty shaky ground by going with the system or shopping cart in question. Does it have integrated upsell modules? Does it have a “Tell a Friend” module?
PowerPoint Tip: Designing Non-Linear Presentations
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
APRIL 1, 2008
To create a non-linear PowerPoint presentation, there are three different ways you can do it - hyperlinks, slide numbers or link to module files. First, design your presentation in modules that can stand independent of each other. Think of how your audience groups the information to decide on the modules (ie. Second, assume that each module is the first module you present, and that the audience has not seen any preceding information.
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