Add Value to Your Conferences with Publications and Instructional Videos

If you find yourself participating often in industry conferences, either as an instructor or a vendor, you may be able to develop an additional income stream by publishing your own books or producing DVDs or CDs to supplement the information you provide.

Translating Company Collateral to PowerPoint

As a PowerPoint user, it is sometimes necessary to accurately translate a company's marketing collateral to slide format. Learn some tips on moving copy effectively between the mediums.

Presentation Design – Dealing with the Prohibitor General

When we see a slew of equally bad slides from different people in the same organization, we’re fairly certain that the company has a slew of workers in a Presentation Regulations Department working feverishly to hamstring any attempt by an employee to make their slides understandable, much less compelling.

What to Do With Your Hands - Two Tips for Feeling Comfortable at Events

Maybe you are giving an informal presentation, at a networking event or a trade show, and you see these folks - fidgeting with change in their pockets, standing with hands over crotch in the classic fig-leaf position, leaning on a counter, twirling a pen, or tossing a give-away from hand-to-hand. Maybe you do the same thing. What does it say to the folks in your audience or who are walking down the aisle? I'M BORED and uncomfortable and I don’t know what to do with my hands.

Business Presentations and the Iranian Presidency

If you want to learn how to do the best business presentations then be sure not to take advice from the President of Iran. You see the President of Iran is trying to convince the IAEA that he wants to use nuclear power and tells the world and the people he will; Blow Israel off the Map.

Good Presentation of Your Product or Service Pays Off Every Time

It is essential that you have a good presentation of your product or service if you expect to sell your product or service in the marketplace and that you can afford to produce it and retain a profit. You cannot spend too much on presentation as you are liable to overdrive the headlights

Establish Credibility as a Powerful Presenter - One Communication Detail at a Time

Consider and count all of the details - the little steps - to pay attention to that add up to big results - especially with regard to our credibility. In this article I share some of the details that I feel make us more credible as powerful presenters. It does take time and effort, but when we add them all together, our reputations will shine.

It is NOT a Samwich - Mangled Pronunciation

Prospects at trade shows are picky people. Your great exhibit, wonderful give-aways and that nifty shirt you are wearing only gets them into your space. It’s the little things people remember – bad grammar, sloppy pronunciation and incoherent syntax are high on my list of no-nos.

DemoCamp7 Review

DemoCamp7 was last night a quite crowed No Regrets. It's a fairly small venue so space was a premium and the demos were a little harder to understand without the lights, sounds and magic that is Mars.

Free Clip Art

Creating artful presentations, crafting interesting articles, and making readable documents could be made more visually exciting if clip art is used. In fact, many people are using clip art to decorate boring write ups and projects, make their own cards, and even make a point more interesting. Most people who use clip art at present use free clip art.

Exhibit and Display Vendors

In tradeshows, it’s not only the exhibits and display booths that play important roles, but also the persons who sell the displays and manage the booths. The effort, time, and money you spent on your tradeshow exhibit will only be wasted if your display booth personnel are unprofessional and not well-trained. This will undoubtedly hurt your company’s name and reputation.

Be Famous, Host A Seminar!

Imagine hosting your own seminar. Whether you dream of hosting clients for the weekend, prospects for a few hours, or colleagues for a lunch-hour workshop, let's make this year the year you realise that dream! Planning and hosting a seminar, workshop, or other event's not nearly as hard as you might expect. And today I'd like to share with you the five secrets to a flawless event.

The Sound Principle - Sound Bytes Are An Integral Part of Good Presentations!

The secret of making an impact with your presentation lies, to a great extent, on the soundtrack. The problem with a conventional PowerPoint presentation is that its final impact depends entirely on the skills and abilities of the presenter who handles it - in particular, his voice, modulation, tone and accent. Invariably, this varies from person to person, as a result of which the presentation lacks consistency.