Once you have settled on key content points for your presentation, you still have to determine the best visual medium for reinforcing your spoken message. To accomplish this, you need to ask yourself three questions: What size...
One of the biggest public speaking blunders is poor pacing. Inexperienced presenters often do not give a lot of thought to the pacing of their speech, but this is a factor that can make...
From the category of “It’s not what you say, but how you say it” comes the classic video of the “Turbo-Entabulator”. The background from the original...
I hear from people all the time who are trapped by one of the most annoying Catch 22s in business. It goes something like this: in order to grow their businesses, they must make...
Most ineffective presenters and speakers I have heard commit the cardinal sin of spending too much time developing the body of their information. Sure, I know the body of your presentation is...
New research confirms that facial expressions have tremendous power to influence both ourselves and those around us. When test subjects were shown a series of pictures of people with unpleasant expressions on their...
One of the oldest and most well-worn rules of business communication is the old acronym K.I.S.S., meaning “Keep It Simple, Stupid.” This blunt, oft-repeated advice is fully as relevant today as it has always been,...
When it comes to presentations, one of the biggest myths is that the very best presenters – the ones who leave you on the edge of your seat begging for more – are just more...
There’s no denying that most of the presentations we sit through are a drag. Monotone voices, too much PowerPoint, and often times a deluge of information that we have no interest in seeing. However, every...
Considering how many things can go wrong with a presentation, you would think that people would leave nothing to chance. Surely it would be in a presenter’s best interest to ensure that...