I was working with an extremely nervous presenter in a recent Mastering Your Presentations workshop. She described her presentation experience like this: “My head races and...
read moreRethinking the Visual Component of Your Presentations (Part 4 of 4)
September 24, 2013 0 Comments
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 This is the final article in a series focusing on the need to take a fresh look at the visuals you...
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September 9, 2013 0 Comments
Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 This is the third in a series of four articles about the need to take a fresh look at the visuals...
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August 27, 2013 0 Comments
Part 1, Part 3, Part 4 This is the second in a series of four articles about the need to take a fresh look at the visuals...
read moreRethinking the Visual Component of Your Presentations (Part 1 of 4)
August 5, 2013 0 Comments
Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 We need a new way to talk about the visual component of business presentations. I didn’t use the term “visual aids”...
read moreMy Mother’s Attic Part 3: The Elocutionists, a Cautionary Tale
July 16, 2013 0 Comments
Part 1, Part 2 This is the final article about the perils of business presenters following the same path as the elocutionary movement. The great thing...
read moreMy Mother’s Attic Part 2: When the Rules Take Over
July 9, 2013 0 Comments
Part 1, Part 3 As I mentioned in the first article on this topic, I stumbled upon an old elocution textbook among a pile of books that...
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June 24, 2013 0 Comments
Part 2, Part 3 Several years ago, my mother was cleaning out her attic. She was very good at throwing things out but always hesitated when...
read moreThe 2 Levels of Defining Presentation Success
June 4, 2013 0 Comments
Your success as a business presenter always exists on two levels. On one level, it is determined by whether the stated goal of the presentation...
read moreJust Because You Said It Doesn’t Mean It Was Heard
February 13, 2013 0 Comments
“I swear I said that they’d see incremental sales growth,” said Angela as she sat down to review her video with me. Angela was a...
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