Presentation Skills

Get more from your PowerPoint

PowerPoint is overrated. Oh, it's fine for adding some pizzazz to your message. Cool photos and fun videos can make your presentation...

Not yourself when presenting?

Public speaking and presentations are opportunities to make more of ourselves. Yet, many people who speak before groups become less of...

Something good is always happening

Years ago, I had to stay in a filthy hotel in Kansas City. My employer, a public seminar company, had sent me there to deliver a...

How do bad things happen?

My local newspaper reports that a drunk driver rear-ended a stopped police car the other night. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but the...

Super Bowl vs the Oscars

Over 100 million people watch the Super Bowl every year. In 2021, an amazing 41.6% of U.S. households tuned in to what many think of as...

Don't forget to use jargon when presenting

It's important to use the lexicon of your industry when presenting. Songwriters like Billy Joel are able to communicate volumes in sh

When speaking is a hostage situation

So many presenters are forced to present in what is best described as a hostage situation, ouch. This occurs because the meeting planner or

Martin Luther King’s recurring “I have a dream” speech

The performance stands as one of the most impressive orations of all time. Filled with allegory and presented with dramatic flair, the mess

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"Dry" Presentations, HUGE Opportunities

I'd like to have a dollar for every client who has warned me that they have to present "dry" content that can only be presented in one way.