Last week I went to the third and last day of a meeting for engineers. After lunch, one of their senior leaders stood up and summarized every presentation they had experienced during the past three days. As he began to speak… Read More »Public Speaking: A Stunning Moment of Authenticity
I had just landed in Atlanta on a Sunday night and was taxiing down the runway when a female voice came over the intercom. “I’d like to take this opportunity to be the first to welcome you to Atlanta International… Read More »Public Speaking Tips: My Speech Pet Peeves
Presenting ideas is largely about getting and keeping attention. Most of us are ambivalent about being the center of attention, but we have to be willing and able to focus many minds at once if we want to be convincing.… Read More »Presentation Techniques: 8 Tools for Getting and Keeping Attention
When Medical Liaisons in big pharma are launching a drug with a major study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, you’d think their job would be easy. But it’s not. One way it’s difficult is in the variety… Read More »Persuasive Speaking: Medical Liaisons Tweaking Content
I just finished an engagement developing a presentation to introduce a major Human Resources initiative across a global company. When I arrived, the client had close to 50 bullet powerpoint slides. When I left this morning, he had eleven slides, and… Read More »PowerPoint Presentation Skills: Features to Benefits
Reva P. Minkoff, Class of ’08 at Harvard and a Staff Writer on the Harvard Crimson had this to say on November 16th: “Since the days of Cicero, the ability to speak eloquently in public and argue persuasively with others… Read More »Public Speaking Crisis: Harvard Kid Tells it Like it is