Don’t think that your slides are your presentation. They’re not. Your slides are like beads lying on a table in a big messy pile until you assemble them into a coherent order and string them into a beautiful necklace. I… Read More »Losing your power to PowerPoint
I have a speaking assignment coming up and I want to do something new. I’ve worked hard on strategy and messaging for my talk. I have defined what I want my listeners to do. I have crafted a few… Read More »Presence and substance in public speaking
When you send an e-mail to a friend and ask a question such as, “Are you coming to get the bikes?” and then two days later you get his email in response saying, “Yes,” and your original email is not… Read More »Presentation Skill #43: Begin with the backstory
It is my belief that presentation skills get greater as they become more meaningful for the audience. This means that a presentation skill that makes the speaker look good is not as great as a presentation skill that benefits the… Read More »The 3 Greatest Presentation Skills
Guess what your audience is most interested in? That’s right, their problems and how to fix them. This is old news to anyone who has studied the arts of rhetoric, persuasion, and of course advertising. If you can define the… Read More »Presentation skill: Problem definition
A few years back The New York Giants won the Super Bowl with two running backs nicknamed Thunder and Lightning. Thunder was Brandon Jacobs and Lightning was Ahmad Bradshaw. In the first half, Jacobs (aka Thunder, 6’ 4” ; 264)… Read More »Communication Skills: Consider your voice the thunder