Top Seven Presentation Bloopers to Avoid

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Visuals in Public Speaking: How to Use Them to Get Results

If you want to get results from your presentations, and from your speeches, you need, basically, a message and a presentation focused on the results you want. You use the visuals, then, to support that message – give it power. And you must be seen, in your presentation and in your use of those visuals, as competent and confident. Then you will produce the impact that you choose.

Stage Fright - Doesn't Need to be Scarier Than Death!

If the thought of giving a presentation strikes fear in your heart, you are not alone!

Presentation Professional

If you've ever heard a politician speak..you know how easily an audience can be tranced out, and you don't want to be in that category I'm sure. Boring? Not you!!

A Second Chance for a First Impression

When I work with executives to improve their presentation skills, we achieve the best results over an extended period of time. This results in long-lasting changes versus the 'quick-fix' mentality that often pervades corporate America. The next time you goof and make a poor first impression take heart. When you keep meeting in person, ask thoughtful questions, listen without judgment, present a united front and are patient, you will get a second chance to remake your first impression.

Speak from Your Heart

Everyone talks about the need for authenticity in speaking. At the same time, many of my students complain that when they're enthusastic and emotional, some people tell them to tone it down. So which is it? Should you be yourself and get shot down for it, or tone it down and fit into the corporate box of approriateness? In this article, I'll give you solid, logical reasons why you must speak from your heart when you give a business presentation.

11 More Presentation Skills Tips from A Professional Speaker

Most presentation skills coaches teach you the mechanics of speaking to make you look and feel mechanical. To be a truly amazing speaker however, you've got to move beyond mechanics to dynamics. A great speech is not just a bunch of words - it's an inspiring experience. In this and other articles, I'll teach you how to be a dynamite speaker.

Public Speaking Is Good for Business

Take advantage of every speaking opportunity you get by becoming a more effective public speaker. Every time you speak you are auditioning your business for additional business opportunities.

How To Make An Impressive Presentation

Looks behind the secrets of what makes a successful presentation, and the difference between those that do well in presentations and those that do not.

How to Prepare an Outstanding Presentation in Thirty Minutes or Less

It's 2 p.m. and your manager walks up to you with that look on his face. He announces that the company president wants you to give a presentation to him concerning the high profile project you have been working on… and he wants the presentation to start in thirty minutes. Now you have a look on your face as if you had just seen a ghost. No problem. The following are seven secrets to preparing an outstanding presentation when you have less than thirty minutes:

The Audience Wants To Like You

People fear people. That's the common reality that surrounds public speaking. So why do people fear people when it comes to public speaking or giving business presentations? You can spend hours listing the reasons - nervousness, rejection, lack of preparedness, etc. The list can go on and on, but the excuses need to stop here. It may surprise you, but your audience wants to see you succeed. They want you to win.

Seven Ways to Own Your Audience

Best-selling author and professional speaker gives tips for making great presentations.

How To Make Non-Linear PowerPoint Presentations

If you have been told that PowerPoint doesn't allow you to make non-linear presentations that go wherever the audience wants, you've been told wrong. Here's how you can customize your presentation on the fly in front of a prospect using plain old PowerPoint.