Here are the top five annoyances along with the percentage of respondents that selected them as one of their top three: The speaker read the slides to us – 73.8% As I analyzed the responses and comments in the survey of “What annoys you about bad PowerPoint presentations?”, a clear theme emerged. Audiences are fed up with presenters who fill their slides with too much content and are then compelled to read it all to those seated in the room. MORE
Decide early what percentage of your presentation will be based on visuals. A very high percentage of visual use may warrant a more central screen placement. 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. You don't want them to compete with you for attention. This will help you decide how to seat the audience for maximum comfort. MORE
11.29.2010 $5 Off $5 Off The $5 off coupon and the large percentage reductions provide good examples of media literacy and its relevance to everyday living. Increasingly we see coupons for saving money at the various stores. One such one is Bed Bath & Beyond. The coupon says “$5 off any purchase of $15 or more.&# Not a bad deal or so you’d think. MORE
Here are the top three, with what percentage of respondents included them in their top choices. The percentages did not change much from the last survey two years ago. I recently wrapped up my latest survey of audience members on what annoys them about PowerPoint presentations. MORE
Watch the clips below to get a little background concerning the challenges faced when a country (like Japan or Italy) has both a high percentage of people over 65 and a shrinking fertility rate. . MORE
Our industry pie will always contain a large percentage of people who are making a living vs. a small percentage of people who are getting wealthy. Every year American Idol shows us the differences between singers who are good, and singers who can really go the distance. Greatness. MORE
That was a higher percentage than any other skill, knowledge, or ability. In a survey of over 300 businesses, 89% of employers stated that they want colleges to place more emphasis on oral and written communication. This comes from the Association of American Colleges & Universities ‘ LEAP initiative. You can find the PDF of the results here. Why are oral and written communication so important? MORE
My percentages aren't great. " Why didn't I lose that 20 pounds? " ~ Robert Stromberg, accepting the Academy Award for Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland. MORE
I''ve scaled back my speaking considerably since spending such a high percentage of my time away from my family in that particular job, and focused on coaching emerging speakers to discover, develop, & deliver their keynotes, as well as work with Toastmasters speech contestants. MORE
We've had a small percentage of women in the Finals in the first place, but we've had more than a few place in the top three. But still, a small percentage overall. See - other than a tiny percentage of speakers every year, NONE of us are good enough. MORE
It's nothing new. Way back in the 1970s, "What Color Is Your Parachute?" " shocked us with the reality that the professional who was best at applying for whatever got the whatever. That person was not necessarily the most qualified. MORE
As a result, he’s offering me a percentage of each sale. Oliver Adria, who blogs about presenting at ReThink Presentations , has just come out with an e-book called PresentationEssentials: 39 Ideas on Content, Design and Delivery. (I I like his categories — I use the same ones to describe the components of a presentation.). Oliver has a great sense of design; the book is beautifully designed. MORE
The first time I became aware of Jeremy Donovan''s new book, How to Win the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking (non-affiliate link) , it was via email, from a fellow veteran of the ''Big Stage'', as they asked me ''Have you seen this?'' and ''Do you know this guy?'' MORE
Too many presenters copy the column of measured values, the standard, the difference and the percentage difference. Financial information is a part of many presentations today. Whether you are presenting the budget for next year, current project spending status, or any other financial information, resist the temptation to just copy a spreadsheet and paste it on a slide. Copied spreadsheets overwhelm the audience and leave them confused. MORE
Sure government regulation is irritating, but a recent study found that only a tiny percentage of businesses actually cite it as a real problem. It’s Friday and almost Thanksgiving here in the US, and so it seems like a good time to put my storyteller-speaker coach’s hat on, kick back, and take on a few of the current issues in the news. Great stories, like great speeches, present compelling problems to the audience. MORE
Effective Presenting and PowerPoint&# about what percentage of presenters have had presentation skills training. A great discussion is going on in the LinkedIn group, “Great Communicators! We’ve had guestimates from 1% to 75%! True, if you read this blog, you probably are more committed to improving your presentations skills than the average presenter, but let’s get some hard data! Here are two steps: Go to [link] and complete the short survey. MORE
My attention was drawn to this by a Twitter link from Shane Greer (@shanegreer), to whom many thanks. MORE
Even in today's world of on-demand publishing, the percentage of speakers who actually write and print a book is slim. Yesterday I finished reading "Fumes and a Prayer" by Speaker Dennis Bauer. It's a good book, with some life-changing advice, if one chooses to apply it. MORE
The two major problems with the chart are that (1) showing only percentage increases over the last seven years says nothing about the actual dollar amount being allocated to each category nor its relative percentage to the entire NASA budget. (2) MORE
Our Excel spreadsheet usually has four columns for each item: the current measured results, the standard we are comparing to, the absolute difference between the results and the standard, and the relative difference expressed as a percentage. MORE
32-33), on the percentage of people in various countries who would be willing to give up an important lifestyle habit to keep the Internet: · 89% of those in Indonesia and 65% of those in the United Kingdom would give up alcohol instead of the Internet. · One way to introduce computer-mediated communication and its role in our everyday lives would be to identify important lifestyle habits that we’d be willing to give up as long as we could keep our Internet connection. MORE
Full disclosure: The above link is an affiliate link, so I get a percentage of each sale. I recently received a free copy of a new e-book, Visual Presentations: Boring Slides to Visual Presentations in 3 Easy Steps, by M.S. Ramgopal. MORE
Actual valuable and useful information All distilled to 140 or so characters apiece, with the percentage of one over the other either serving or betraying the communicator's purposes , just as your content as a speaker will betray or serve your audience. The Original Facebook. MORE
I was captivated by the numbers and percentages until he reached the graph slide in his PowerPoint presentation. What are the best ideas that you can use to improve your PowerPoint Presentations? What if Your PowerPoint Slides Make You a Liar? The marketing director of a well known Internet company presented us with fascinating stats about Internet use and users. One of my colleagues raised his hand to ask a question. MORE
My percentages aren't great. " Why didn't I lose that 20 pounds? " ~ Robert Stromberg, accepting the Academy Award for Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland. MORE
Topics run from Actuary and Analysis, to Outliers and Percentages, to Truth and Variability STATISTICALLY SPEAKING: A DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. selected and arranged by CC Gaither and AE Cavazos-Gaither, published by the Institute of Physics). MORE
How many metaphors (based on a percentage) are commonly applied to a presentation? Last week I delivered a webinar “How to plan an Audience-friendly Presentation&# as part of Ellen Finkelstein’s Outstanding Presentations Workshop. MORE
You can see my struggle with this technique in this extended clip which includes Doug’s coaching: Or you can just watch my final attempt: I’ve only covered a small percentage of what I learned at Doug Stevenson’s Story Theater Retreat. MORE
We can make additional improvements to the previous design in order to visually reflect the percentage values. In the sample below, we have used small pie charts on each component to denote the percentage value associated to each item. Using alternative bullet points delivers a powerful impact on your audience. MORE
He moved the jobs question quickly to a discussion on taxes, and then lost me and I am sure thousands of others in an unclear explanatory monologue of numbers and percentages. The showdown in Denver. MORE
Structuring a sales presentation in this way would improve a large percentage of the sales presentations done each day Last week I was reviewing a sales presentation someone sent me. They are pitching their services to a major prospective client and they know that their competition will be strong. So how do they start their presentation? With slide after slide about their firm, with text and graphics copied from their web site. MORE
And the percentage of website readers was still lower than that of print readers. "A new research paper finds that over the past eight years the websites of 51 major metropolitan newspapers have not on average seen appreciable readership gains, even as print readership falls." MORE
In 1996 the percentage of public swearing by men and women was 67% for men and 33% for women. In 2006, however, the percentages were much more similar: 55% for men and 45% for women. 7.02.2010 Taboo language: gender differences Heres an interesting gender difference reported by Psychology Today (August 2010). Categories: gender differences , swearing 2comments: maestra said. MORE
It gets worse: A male blogger's take on the lack of women speakers in the tech world: It's worse than it seems, as women are a higher percentage of workers in cerrtain categories. MORE
I was captivated by the numbers and percentages until he reached the graph slide in his PowerPoint presentation. 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. Transform your business presentations into effective conversations. George Torok is a Toronto based presentation coach and presentation skills trainer. MORE
That percentage will grow significantly, I believe. If you have PowerPoint 365, by now you should have a major new feature, icons. MORE
The percentage of those who perceived it that way was 92.11. For Hillary Clinton the percentage who determined she was the winner was 7.89. No surprise, the Drudge Report conducted a poll after the first debate. Based on 16,367 votes,, Donald Trump was declared the winner. One must remember that the Drudge Report is a conservative website. Therefore, it could have been that mostly it was conservatives who went to the site post-debate and voted. I am a registered independent. MORE
Focus on the percentage (usually 95%) of the people that did like your work. You look over in the middle of your speech and notice someone who has their arms folded and a major scowl on their face. What do you do? I call these “haters&#. MORE
Keep in mind there will always be a small percentage of the population that does not want to play with you. Last week I wrote about the challenge of the third era of presenting: the era of the audience. MORE
Yet - such a small percentage of Toastmasters become DTM''s that it clearly is difficult to achieve. I''ve been a Toastmaster for almost 15 years. I''ve competed on the world stage. Twice. I''ve even been invited to keynote or speak in 13 different districts. MORE
We were able to have a brief discussion acknowledging one truth about abusive relationships at the same time another truth was revealed: that only a small percentage of men are abusive in relationships. MORE
I wondered what percentage of pitch to content there would be, and I wondered if the content would be worth my drive, or if it was going to be a lot of fluff to fill the time in between pitches. But this is a small percentage of the audience and we can't only speak to this person. MORE
We were able to have a brief discussion acknowledging one truth about abusive relationships at the same time another truth was revealed: that only a small percentage of men are abusive in relationships. MORE
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It's nothing new. Way back in the 1970s, "What Color Is Your Parachute?" " shocked us with the reality that the professional who was best at applying for whatever got the whatever. That person was not necessarily the most qualified.
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The two major problems with the chart are that (1) showing only percentage increases over the last seven years says nothing about the actual dollar amount being allocated to each category nor its relative percentage to the entire NASA budget. (2)
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JULY 2, 2010
In 1996 the percentage of public swearing by men and women was 67% for men and 33% for women. In 2006, however, the percentages were much more similar: 55% for men and 45% for women. 7.02.2010 Taboo language: gender differences Heres an interesting gender difference reported by Psychology Today (August 2010). Categories: gender differences , swearing 2comments: maestra said.
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FEBRUARY 14, 2011
I was captivated by the numbers and percentages until he reached the graph slide in his PowerPoint presentation. 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. Transform your business presentations into effective conversations. George Torok is a Toronto based presentation coach and presentation skills trainer.
The Communication Blog
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
11.29.2010 $5 Off $5 Off The $5 off coupon and the large percentage reductions provide good examples of media literacy and its relevance to everyday living. Increasingly we see coupons for saving money at the various stores. One such one is Bed Bath & Beyond. The coupon says “$5 off any purchase of $15 or more.&# Not a bad deal or so you’d think.
PowerPoint Tips
DECEMBER 13, 2010
Effective Presenting and PowerPoint&# about what percentage of presenters have had presentation skills training. A great discussion is going on in the LinkedIn group, “Great Communicators! We’ve had guestimates from 1% to 75%! True, if you read this blog, you probably are more committed to improving your presentations skills than the average presenter, but let’s get some hard data! Here are two steps: Go to [link] and complete the short survey.
Speak Schmeak
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
We were able to have a brief discussion acknowledging one truth about abusive relationships at the same time another truth was revealed: that only a small percentage of men are abusive in relationships.
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OCTOBER 1, 2013
Here are the top three, with what percentage of respondents included them in their top choices. The percentages did not change much from the last survey two years ago. I recently wrapped up my latest survey of audience members on what annoys them about PowerPoint presentations.
The Eloquent Woman
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
It gets worse: A male blogger's take on the lack of women speakers in the tech world: It's worse than it seems, as women are a higher percentage of workers in cerrtain categories.
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JULY 25, 2012
I wondered what percentage of pitch to content there would be, and I wondered if the content would be worth my drive, or if it was going to be a lot of fluff to fill the time in between pitches. But this is a small percentage of the audience and we can't only speak to this person.
Max Atkinson
JANUARY 7, 2011
My attention was drawn to this by a Twitter link from Shane Greer (@shanegreer), to whom many thanks.
SlideModel
OCTOBER 7, 2016
We can make additional improvements to the previous design in order to visually reflect the percentage values. In the sample below, we have used small pie charts on each component to denote the percentage value associated to each item. Using alternative bullet points delivers a powerful impact on your audience.
Speak and Deliver
JULY 19, 2013
The first time I became aware of Jeremy Donovan''s new book, How to Win the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking (non-affiliate link) , it was via email, from a fellow veteran of the ''Big Stage'', as they asked me ''Have you seen this?'' and ''Do you know this guy?''
Speaking about Presenting
MAY 24, 2011
You can see my struggle with this technique in this extended clip which includes Doug’s coaching: Or you can just watch my final attempt: I’ve only covered a small percentage of what I learned at Doug Stevenson’s Story Theater Retreat.
Speak Schmeak
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
My percentages aren't great. " Why didn't I lose that 20 pounds? " ~ Robert Stromberg, accepting the Academy Award for Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland.
Speak and Deliver
JANUARY 24, 2014
Yet - such a small percentage of Toastmasters become DTM''s that it clearly is difficult to achieve. I''ve been a Toastmaster for almost 15 years. I''ve competed on the world stage. Twice. I''ve even been invited to keynote or speak in 13 different districts.
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JUNE 25, 2013
Our Excel spreadsheet usually has four columns for each item: the current measured results, the standard we are comparing to, the absolute difference between the results and the standard, and the relative difference expressed as a percentage.
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FEBRUARY 28, 2011
My percentages aren't great. " Why didn't I lose that 20 pounds? " ~ Robert Stromberg, accepting the Academy Award for Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland.
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
The percentage of those who perceived it that way was 92.11. For Hillary Clinton the percentage who determined she was the winner was 7.89. No surprise, the Drudge Report conducted a poll after the first debate. Based on 16,367 votes,, Donald Trump was declared the winner. One must remember that the Drudge Report is a conservative website. Therefore, it could have been that mostly it was conservatives who went to the site post-debate and voted. I am a registered independent.
Speak and Deliver
JUNE 15, 2011
Even in today's world of on-demand publishing, the percentage of speakers who actually write and print a book is slim. Yesterday I finished reading "Fumes and a Prayer" by Speaker Dennis Bauer. It's a good book, with some life-changing advice, if one chooses to apply it.
PowerPoint Tips
APRIL 9, 2010
As a result, he’s offering me a percentage of each sale. Oliver Adria, who blogs about presenting at ReThink Presentations , has just come out with an e-book called PresentationEssentials: 39 Ideas on Content, Design and Delivery. (I I like his categories — I use the same ones to describe the components of a presentation.). Oliver has a great sense of design; the book is beautifully designed.
PowerPoint Tips
MARCH 9, 2010
That was a higher percentage than any other skill, knowledge, or ability. In a survey of over 300 businesses, 89% of employers stated that they want colleges to place more emphasis on oral and written communication. This comes from the Association of American Colleges & Universities ‘ LEAP initiative. You can find the PDF of the results here. Why are oral and written communication so important?
The Communication Blog
APRIL 23, 2013
32-33), on the percentage of people in various countries who would be willing to give up an important lifestyle habit to keep the Internet: · 89% of those in Indonesia and 65% of those in the United Kingdom would give up alcohol instead of the Internet. · One way to introduce computer-mediated communication and its role in our everyday lives would be to identify important lifestyle habits that we’d be willing to give up as long as we could keep our Internet connection.
Executive Speech Coach
DECEMBER 23, 2011
I was captivated by the numbers and percentages until he reached the graph slide in his PowerPoint presentation. What are the best ideas that you can use to improve your PowerPoint Presentations? What if Your PowerPoint Slides Make You a Liar? The marketing director of a well known Internet company presented us with fascinating stats about Internet use and users. One of my colleagues raised his hand to ask a question.
The Presenter's Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2012
He moved the jobs question quickly to a discussion on taxes, and then lost me and I am sure thousands of others in an unclear explanatory monologue of numbers and percentages. The showdown in Denver.
Speaker Launcher
MARCH 9, 2011
Focus on the percentage (usually 95%) of the people that did like your work. You look over in the middle of your speech and notice someone who has their arms folded and a major scowl on their face. What do you do? I call these “haters&#.
Speak and Deliver
DECEMBER 1, 2013
I''ve scaled back my speaking considerably since spending such a high percentage of my time away from my family in that particular job, and focused on coaching emerging speakers to discover, develop, & deliver their keynotes, as well as work with Toastmasters speech contestants.
Joan Detz Speaker Services
MARCH 28, 2012
Topics run from Actuary and Analysis, to Outliers and Percentages, to Truth and Variability STATISTICALLY SPEAKING: A DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS. selected and arranged by CC Gaither and AE Cavazos-Gaither, published by the Institute of Physics).
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
APRIL 3, 2012
Structuring a sales presentation in this way would improve a large percentage of the sales presentations done each day Last week I was reviewing a sales presentation someone sent me. They are pitching their services to a major prospective client and they know that their competition will be strong. So how do they start their presentation? With slide after slide about their firm, with text and graphics copied from their web site.
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
Too many presenters copy the column of measured values, the standard, the difference and the percentage difference. Financial information is a part of many presentations today. Whether you are presenting the budget for next year, current project spending status, or any other financial information, resist the temptation to just copy a spreadsheet and paste it on a slide. Copied spreadsheets overwhelm the audience and leave them confused.
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
NOVEMBER 18, 2011
Sure government regulation is irritating, but a recent study found that only a tiny percentage of businesses actually cite it as a real problem. It’s Friday and almost Thanksgiving here in the US, and so it seems like a good time to put my storyteller-speaker coach’s hat on, kick back, and take on a few of the current issues in the news. Great stories, like great speeches, present compelling problems to the audience.
Speak Schmeak
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
We were able to have a brief discussion acknowledging one truth about abusive relationships at the same time another truth was revealed: that only a small percentage of men are abusive in relationships.
Speaking about Presenting
OCTOBER 1, 2010
How many metaphors (based on a percentage) are commonly applied to a presentation? Last week I delivered a webinar “How to plan an Audience-friendly Presentation&# as part of Ellen Finkelstein’s Outstanding Presentations Workshop.
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
Here are the top five annoyances along with the percentage of respondents that selected them as one of their top three: The speaker read the slides to us – 73.8% As I analyzed the responses and comments in the survey of “What annoys you about bad PowerPoint presentations?”, a clear theme emerged. Audiences are fed up with presenters who fill their slides with too much content and are then compelled to read it all to those seated in the room.
Great Public Speaking
MARCH 16, 2012
Decide early what percentage of your presentation will be based on visuals. A very high percentage of visual use may warrant a more central screen placement. 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. You don't want them to compete with you for attention. This will help you decide how to seat the audience for maximum comfort.
Speaking about Presenting
AUGUST 17, 2010
Keep in mind there will always be a small percentage of the population that does not want to play with you. Last week I wrote about the challenge of the third era of presenting: the era of the audience.
Speaker Launcher
APRIL 20, 2011
Our industry pie will always contain a large percentage of people who are making a living vs. a small percentage of people who are getting wealthy. Every year American Idol shows us the differences between singers who are good, and singers who can really go the distance. Greatness.
Speak and Deliver
JANUARY 12, 2012
Actual valuable and useful information All distilled to 140 or so characters apiece, with the percentage of one over the other either serving or betraying the communicator's purposes , just as your content as a speaker will betray or serve your audience. The Original Facebook.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
APRIL 9, 2016
And the percentage of website readers was still lower than that of print readers. "A new research paper finds that over the past eight years the websites of 51 major metropolitan newspapers have not on average seen appreciable readership gains, even as print readership falls."
Presentation Zen
JULY 11, 2010
Watch the clips below to get a little background concerning the challenges faced when a country (like Japan or Italy) has both a high percentage of people over 65 and a shrinking fertility rate. .
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