Top Seven Ways to Improve Your Presentation Skills

Anyone aspiring to work in an executive capacity must to have refined presentation skills, however, few people are naturally eloquent speakers. Public speaking is difficult for most, but with a little help, you can polish your skills and impress even the most critical audiences. Use the following ideas to diminish your anxiety and improve your presentations.

The Paralyzing Fear of Public Speaking

Are you surprised that the fear of public speaking is the number one fear of our society – probably not. In fact if you are reading this you most likely suffer from this fear just like so many others. I don’t want to make light of people’s challenges; however I do believe that most people get themselves into a vicious circle of fear and poor performance. Clearly, it's time to break that cycle of fear.

7 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, you've got to move beyond mechanics to dynamics. In this and other articles, I'll teach you how to be a dynamite speaker.

How to Choose the Right Paper - Part 3

Our top ten tips to find the right paper for your projects should be in every designer’s notebook. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this article, we have discussed planning for paper, determining the personality of your project and considering the finish, color, brightness, weight and content of the paper you may choose. In Part 3, we look at three final features to consider when making your selection.

2007 Thoughts on Small Business Image and Presentation

Image is everything in a small business and will you make that first impression in your business presentation can make the difference. Whether we like to admit it or not people have certain prejudices about what they see and they tend to make split-second judgments when stereotyping. It is the same way in personal relationships as it is when a customer approaches your business; that first impression is something you will never have a second chance to make.

Like a brick wrapped in velvet - designing a conference presentation (or most other kinds too!)

How you design your presentation is at least as important as how you deliver it. There's a lot of help on delivery online, but not so much on design. This article is a step in the right direction.

Trade Show Choices: Literature Racks

In a world of portable displays that pop up out of duffle bags and graphic screens that roll up in seconds there is not much one can do with your all important corporate and product literature that is so important at a trade show event...until now.

PowerPoint Sermons - Avoiding Techno Panic

Though using PowerPoint when preaching is a great tool, it can sometimes be frustrating. Here are five ways to keep techno panic at bay...

Simple is Powerful

Do you know that an average audience only remembers a fraction of the information presented after one week? This base line information is typically the emotion of the speaker and a few key points. If the speaker is passionate about what he or she is saying, then the audience will engage with this passion and more easily remember the simple points. Certain members of a speaker's audience will take action from the program because the simple, yet powerful messages will resonate (vibrate on the same frequency) with them. Understand that the simple messages are the most powerful.

Hanging Projection Screens

The benefits that go along with a hanging projection screen are nearly endless. This is why anytime you walk into a classroom you will more than likely see one of these on the wall.

Present Like A Pro

Being a professional and speaking like a professional are two very different things. Before you can speak like a professional, you need to be certain that you believe that you are a professional. This may sound like an odd statement to some readers, however, many small businesses are successfully started and run by those who are more accustomed to working behind the scenes than in front of the microphone and camera. The fact is, no one is born with an innate ability to speak well before large groups and it is a skill best learned through experience and practice.

Public Speaking Skills Feature Article #1-We're In an Epidemic and It's Called PowerPoint!

Most people who use PowerPoint or give Presentations have not had much, if any, public speaking or presentation skills training. However, we tend to copy what others are doing. I would like to suggest stop doing what everyone else is doing and do it right. This article will help you stand out!

Getting High Tech With Motorized Projection Screens

Motorized projection screens are a type of hanging projection screen. They are a permanent fixture, but unlike mounted or pull down screens they offer more diversity. They come in a range of styles that make incorporating them into a room simple.

Business Etiquette For Letters & Emails

When writing Business Letters and Emails, what are the basic rules one should follow? Your letter might be the first point of contact with another business, and how it's written, will demonstrate your communication skills to the other party.

Quit Putting People to Sleep! 10 Presentation Killers that are Sedating America

Audiences want more than information—they want to be entertained as they are informed. Our media delivery has changed over time, but our corporate presentation styles have somehow been frozen in the dark ages—which could explain why most presentations begin with someone darkening the room and warning their audiences that they have 87 slides to get through in the next 15 minutes!