Coaching Tips for Powerful Presentations

Tip #1 The purpose of your speech is to get results; to help people make changes and think or act differently. So start with the end in mind. What do you want people to do as a result of your sp...

Present Your Message with Power and Pizzazz

If you’re ready to kick your career or business up to the next level, then make it a goal to become a powerful presenter. People view savvy communicators as being more capable, intelligent, and know...

10 Tips For Bringing Your Event To Life

Your job as an event planner doesn’t stop with the meeting in the company boardroom. You may be call upon to organize an employee appreciation event, an awards dinner, a product launch, the celebrat...

Cross Cultural Presentations

Giving presentations to business personnel from different cultures can be a challenge. This article offers some pointers to help business people mould their presentations to a culturally different audience to ensure they maximise their potential.

7 Myths That Make Meetings Miserable

You can hold effective meetings and become a more successful leader if you fix these monsters. Here's how.

Present for Success: Simple Strategies to Add Confidence and Credibility to Your Next Presentation

Tomorrow’s the day and you’re dreading it. You’re scheduled to give a presentation to the senior management team about the new program you’re proposing. You’re excited and enthusiastic about the prog...

Choosing a Company Shirt vendor

Where can you choose a company shirt vendor? There are many catalogs out their with more than competent companies selling logo’ed attire for small, medium and large businesses. Online there are many great companies too which have low costs for shirts and then put on your logo and send them to you.

Cell Phone Do's And Don't During A Meeting

What would we do without our cell phones? Wow, there’s a scary question. It’s hard to imagine a world without them. But cell phones, connected as they may keep us, seem to have an amazing power to disturb and trump face to face interaction. For example, why is it that during a meal or a meeting, people insist on taking every call? Even worse, just let the phone ring? They forget all about the person across the table as if they were invisible!

Audience-Friendly Presentation Style Habits in Three Easy Steps

Habits are automatic behaviors; we use them in presentations without realizing it, and some of these habits can turn off your audience. Learn new audience-friendly presentation style habits in three easy steps.

Communication: Qualities That Make a Difference

Listen Up: We spend nearly half of our communication time listening, but most of us still consider listening a passive process. The key to good communication is be-ing aware of active listening techniques. Learn how to evaluate and improve these necessary skills for both yourself and your employees.

Data Visualization Flash Charts: Information in a Flash

Flash chart, flash map, flash graph may be mistaken for flashy visual aids. It is true that many data visualization tools are flashy and consequently overwhelming and counterproductive, but the market has produced data visualization capable of simplicity and speed-thus “flash” does not stand for flashy; it stands for information in a flash.

Trainers / Presentors: Problems with the Lecture Format

How often do you use lectures as your sole training technique? Do you rely on this format because of its effectiveness or your comfort level? Here we discuss problems with the lecture format and why you should consider other alternatives.

How to Prevent Presentation and Speaking Disasters

I just got back from my whirlwind speaking engagements and it occurred to me that you might be interested in these recent experiences (especially since speaking in the number one way to increase to raise your visibility and credibility in the industry). In a matter of two weeks, I spoke at two different conferences. Although the topic was the same the audience for each was different.

Guidelines for Rehearsal Criticism

This article provides suggested guidelines for presentation criticism. While rehearsing a presentation is a good idea, it becomes that much better when gaining an outside perspective. But what should auditors look for? The answer to your question.

Demonstrations: How to Develop Successful Demonstrations

A demonstration can serve as a very powerful instructional technique in several ways. Read this if you would like to know any of the following: How a demonstration can improve your presentation; Specific strategies behind creating a functional demonstration; How to develop an effective and productive demonstration - specific guidelines.