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
Sims Wyeth & Co., a presentation skills training company, and a firm devoted to improving the public speaking skills of accomplished people, is pleased to announce that www.valuablecontent.co.uk has seen fit to give us a Valuable Content Award for sharing… Read More »Presentation skills website wins award for quality content
Psychologists have demonstrated that people approve of differing responses to crime when it is presented as either a ‘beast’ or a ‘virus’ ravaging society. In the case of the ‘beast’ metaphor, respondents were more likely to call for strong law… Read More »Presentation Tips and Tricks: The Power of Metaphor
The original Olympics were a religious festival meant to occasion the divine spark in man. The early Greeks believed that humans could come close to being gods when competition pulled the best out of them. They also believed that humans… Read More »Public Speaking as Olympic Sport
A study in the Journal of Sports Sciences established that pro-basketball players who had a rigid pre-shot routine were 17% more accurate foul shooters than those who did not. The rigid pre-shot routine is believed to help transfer control of… Read More »Overcoming stage fright is a presentation skill
Two weeks ago I finished my most recent version of Presenting for ResultsSM, my open enrollment (or public) presentation course in New Jersey. I sat down to review the entire experience, in an effort to continuously improve it. I discovered… Read More »The ideal presentation course