Don'ts! DO tell the audience, in your Opening, when and how you will be handling questions. Taking them throughout the presentation can cause problems. What do you do if someone asks, right after you start speaking, a question about an item you’re planning to cover in the last quarter of your presentation?” Read More
Presentation Tips
“Tell Your Audience Stories!”
Personal stories reinforce points you make in the body of your presentation. You want your audience to GET IT! Stories are one of the best ways to strengthen and clarify the meaning of the information you are conveying. Before people put ink on paper, telling stories was one of the best ways to teach and convey the Read More
LESS is MORE for . . .
Presentations and Elevator Speeches. The Goal of All Communication; Visual, Written, or Spoken, is the same. We want the recipients, as quickly as possible, to GET IT! They may not agree with everything. They may not agree with anything. Unless they GET IT!, there cannot be a meaningful discussion going Read More
Your Questions . . . My
Answers. Through coaching, workshops, and seminars I get asked many great questions. Because you might have some of the same queries, I'm taking this opportunity to post and answer some. Question I. What's the best way to conquer the fear of public speaking? Realize it is natural to have that fear and you are not Read More
Lessons from Coaching Clients. . .
Are Worth Sharing! I've been coaching a long time and always learn from those who hire me. The following lessons from clients helped me, and will benefit you, also. Lesson One: You are much better than you think you are. Many, when we first talk, think their presentations are poor. They talk about their fear of Read More
Your INTRODUCTION is NOT. . .
Your Bio! Your audience doesn't care how many children you have, where you went to college, or the fact you collect stamps. Unless those facts are relevant to your presentation, they should not be included in your Introduction. Unfortunately, most of the time, they are. It happens because the person introducing you, or Read More
Opening and Closing Your Speech
Have a Strong Opening and STRONGER Closing! The research shows your audience will best remember the first and last things you say and do. It's called the Law of Primacy and Recency and is crucial for the goal of having your audience GET IT! GETTING IT! is the goal of all communication; verbal, written, or visual. The Read More
Three TIPS to Improve Presentations:
Observe - Practice - Speak! Observe There are many options to observe speakers, on and off-line. Regularly, take advantage of as many of them as possible. If you're in the audience of a live presentation you are given a better perspective than just watching video or listening to a speech. It's tough to beat a live Read More
Multi-Tasking: Your Audience. . .
CANNOT Do It! * The Research shows: Multi-Tasking is a myth. We cannot do more than one thing at a time. MIT neuroscientist, Earl Miller notes that our brains are "not wired to multitask well... when people think they're multitasking, they're actually just switching from one task to another very rapidly. And every Read More
THIS a Great Slide Because. . .
It brings the attention of the audience to YOU! Because non-verbal communication trumps verbal communication you want the eyes of the audience regularly looking at you and not continually focused on the screen. PowerPoint and Keynote are visual props. When used correctly, they will help your audience GET Read More