Rise Above Cattiness

Cattiness is a trait that can include any number of behaviors. Cattiness is a trait that can include any number of behaviors. When you think about how you come across to the people you interact with you can avoid the unfortunate behaviors involved in cattiness. By following some simple rules you can avoid being accused of this trait and enhance all of your interactions.

The Presentation After the Presentation

Allowing the audience to ask questions after your presentation is an excellent way to reinforce your message and to continue to sell your ideas. In addition, because listeners can ask for clarificat...

The Seven Deadly Sins of Presentations

Every day, so many tens of thousands of innocent clients and employees are bored to tears by presentations that it ought to be considered a crime against humanity. Are your presentations guilty of the following sins?

Presentation Pitfalls Series: Top 10 Content Mangement Mistakes

Here, David Letterman style, are what I consider to be the Top 10 most common mistakes presenters make when organizing and preparing their content: 10) Not setting the stage. An introduction should...

5 Breakthrough Marketing Ideas

It is possible to create a breakthrough in your marketing and your business and all it takes is a few minor adjustments. Learn how to create a breakthrough for your business.

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...

Powerful Presentations: How to Write and Deliver a Presentation to Remember

You can rank with professional speakers by using these powerful tips for writing and delivering memorable presentations.

PowerPoint Presentations: How to Use This Tool More Effectively

Many of us use PowerPoint to convey a message to both small and large groups. Too often we see “death by powerpoint” in the corporate environment where people don’t use it effectively. Get clever when using your PowerPoint – this article has 20 tips for becoming a more engaging presenter when you use this tool.

How to Chair a Meeting

Meetings are viewed as a waste of time. Running effective meetings is a skill. Learn it and you'll accomplish more in less time.

How To Make Your Best Ever Presentation

The most important tip...EVER! Make sure that you always think of your audience - when preparing your talk, writing it and presenting it. Put yourself in the audience's position at all times and you...

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...

Is Now Really the Time to Hire a Professional Speaker?

Professional speakers fill a very real and critical gap, especially in the tough economic times we now face, further clouded by the advent of an unexpected war of a kind we have never before fought. The darker the future, the greater the need to instill hope in our people and to provide them with the cutting edge knowledge and tools they require to get the job done when faced with diminished manpower and other resources.

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.

Training / Presentations: How to Teach using Lecture vs. Discussion

When should you use a lecture format as opposed to a group discussion? First recognize which is more appropriate for your presentation and then you must understand your role as the lecturer/facilitator. Your understanding of the roles' similarities/differences is crucial to the successful transmission of information.

The Who, What, Where and When of Color In Your Documents

This article will help you to assess and maximise the impact your use of color in your documents and presentations will have on your readers.