I was leading a presentation skills workshop a few weeks ago when something happened that has never happened before. It was during the needs assessment...
read more1 Website, 2 Interviews in India about The Orderly Conversation
Greg Owen-Boger
October 19, 2015 0 Comments
October 19, 2015 0 Comments
The Orderly Conversation is getting around. This time it’s in India where an online publication, Indezine, has interviewed co-authors Dale Ludwig and Greg Owen-Boger about the...
read moreNo Acting Please: 3 Key Ways To Be An Effective Presenter Without “Performing”
Barbara Egel
October 6, 2015 0 Comments
October 6, 2015 0 Comments
Any number of books and articles about business presentations focus on skills and outcomes that really belong to the world of theater. Such resources may...
read moreWhat we wish everyone knew about presentation anxiety
Dale Ludwig
September 23, 2015 0 Comments
September 23, 2015 0 Comments
Last week I was working with a nervous workshop participant. Let’s call him Nate. Nate said that his biggest concern when presenting was nervousness. “What...
read moreIt’s Not That You Made a Mistake, It’s How You Recover
Barbara Egel
August 27, 2015 0 Comments
August 27, 2015 0 Comments
Recently, I had an opportunity to observe Greg coaching a very Type-A businessperson. In her one-on-one session, the question arose of how to deal with mistakes. During...
read more4 Reasons to Break Annoying Presentation Habits BEFORE You Present
Barbara Egel
August 19, 2015 0 Comments
August 19, 2015 0 Comments
Often, our learners walk into Turpin workshops expecting to focus on the little habits that are hard to break: saying “um,” “uh,” “like,” or “you...
read moreWhen You Didn’t Make the Slides You’re Delivering
Barbara Egel
August 7, 2015 0 Comments
August 7, 2015 0 Comments
Sometimes in workshops, we discover that our learners are working with slides or whole decks they didn’t create, and some of these slides are not...
read moreObligatory Sports Metaphor Blog Post
Barbara Egel
May 6, 2015 0 Comments
May 6, 2015 0 Comments
As I’ve been coaching both new and seasoned business presenters, two particular athletic analogies have proven really useful. (Full disclosure: I know stuff about sports, but...
read moreThree New Guiding Principles for Business Presenters
Greg Owen-Boger
March 18, 2015 0 Comments
March 18, 2015 0 Comments
This article was originally published on PresentationXpert.com, an online magazine devoted to helping people take their presentation skills to the next level. Think back...
read moreKeep these 3 things in mind when using PowerPoint in informal settings
Dale Ludwig
March 11, 2015 0 Comments
March 11, 2015 0 Comments
Here’s a question I found intriguing on LinkedIn. It’s from a woman named Alexis. We do mid-year meetings with our customers to review the services...
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