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3 Top Tips (readers choice!)
Your input and interest have been the inspiration for many of the articles featured in SpeakerNotes. You’ve emailed questions, reflections, and comments, and I appreciate each and every one. Based on...
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RIGID THINKING: Getting Rid of Presentation Misconceptions
When recently coaching business leaders, as they prepared for various presentations, I kept hearing the same question again and again. No matter what we were working on, or whether it was an...
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Do Better Listeners Make Better Speakers?
The flip side to being a good speaker is being a good listener. Most speakers are understandably focused on how to deliver their best possible presentation. Therefore, most of my consulting work is to...
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The “Curse” of Overthinking Your Presentation
If you’re in the midst of preparing for your next presentation and suspect you might be over thinking it, try this quick test. Are you . . . Obsessing rather than progressing? Feeling as if you’ve...
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Using “Glance & Grab” to Perk Up Your PowerPoint
YouTube videos satirize them. Bestsellers criticize them. And we all dread them. I’m talking about those dense, badly organized, put-you-to-sleep PowerPoint presentations. Why do people keep plodding...
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Bring the Backstory to the Forefront
Reveal the “Why” Behind These days, almost every company is scouring the balance sheet, looking for savings. The value of business meetings, for example, is seriously scrutinized and presenters are...
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SpeakerByte #28: Sync Up for Maximum Impact
The best presenters get everything working together — their words, body language and voice, as well as slides, props or other audiovisual support. When you and all aspects of your presentation are in...
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SpeakerByte #33: Decode the C.O.D.E.™
The keys to an effective presentation are to Clarify, Organize, Develop, and then to Express & Engage — what I call the Presentation C.O.D.E.™ The first three keys stress the skills required to...
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SpeakerQuestion: How can I make sure our presentation skills training “sticks” ?
The benefit of presentation skills training is that it gives everyone a common language and understanding of what it takes to deliver an engaging presentation. However, talking about presentation...
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Crack the C.O.D.E. When the Presentation Stakes are High
Over the past month I have been working with a team of executives as they prepare to launch a new and groundbreaking product . . . exciting news with high-stakes impact. How this message is presented...
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