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Persuasive Presentation
Give the appearance of ease even if you’re nervous, use a dynamic tone of voice, and speak directly to different people.
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Involve Your Audience to Improve Presentations
Getting listeners actively involved in your presentation raises your efficacy exponentially.
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Storytelling Improves Retention Rates
Storytelling is the best way to help listeners retain information.
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How to Give Charismatic Presentations
Four clear steps can make you a more charismatic presenter.
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Better Presentations Improve Audience Retention
Speeches are often belabored with too much information. Nick Morgan shares two key ways to improve audience retention.
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Get to the Point
Skip the yawn-inducing introduction and get down to business—you’ll build a more persuasive case.
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Constructing a Powerful Presentation
For a dynamic presentation, follow the steps that Tracey Matisak outlines in this video.
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Owning the Room: Keys to Presenting with Confidence and Credibility
Most people fear public speaking more than they fear death, but public speaking only takes practice and P-R-E-S-E-N-C-E.
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Crafting Compelling Message Points
Decide what you want your audience to remember. Boil it down to two or three key points, then collect information to back up your message points.
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Persuasive Presentations
At the basic level, giving a presentation is simple, but to make it truly effective, you need to take a few extra steps.
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Don't Just Inform
When you give a presentation, don’t just inform. Information can be provided in other ways. Instead, motivate your audience to take action, using an emotional connection. Politicians motivate you to vote for them through anger. Present to motivate, to impress, to entertain.
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It's Not What You Say
What you say is not as important as how you say it — how you use your voice, your face, your eyes, and your body. For example, lower your voice, slow down, and speak more quietly to bring impact. Smile, raise your voice, and speed up to make people feel good.
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You Are the Presentation
The presentation isn’t a set of slides or a document. It’s you. The audience isn’t coming for the media. They’re coming for you. Powerpoint slides are backdrop; don’t turn your back to the audience and ask for slide one. You are the show. Bring your passion. Bring your best.
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Send 'Em Out Singing
In a musical, the last song is catchy, with great lyrics, that sends the audience out singing. Do the same. Send your audience out with a thought or idea they can’t get out of their head. Karen demonstrates how and how not to end a presentation.
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Connect with Data
Reading numbers on a slide is boring. Tell the story the data represent, instead. People remember stories better than numbers. Karen gives the example of a restaurant manager who would not be able to eat in his own restaurant if the price of hamburgers went up.
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Tough Audience Tips
When the audience is angry, to make yourself and the audience feel better and keep the room under control keep breathing deeply, respond in a quiet, low voice, and use “yes-and” — YES I hear you AND that must make you feel… Tell me some more...
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Don't Tell a Joke
Humor is tough to pull off unless you’re really good at jokes. It takes timing, you need to know your audience will think it’s funny, and you must be careful not to offend someone. If your joke falls flat you will need to improvise. Use humor in low-risk situations.
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Read the Room
To engage your audience, you must be able to read the room.
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The Impact Of Strategic Storytelling
When conveying an important message, deliver the message via a story. Jay Conger provides tips for constructing a story that provides maximum recall of the intended message.
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Presenting Ideas at Meetings
Presenting a new idea? Here are four things you can do—or not do—to get others to say yes.
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How to Capture the Attention of Your Audience
Four simple changes can turn a lackluster presentation into one that exudes the confidence and trust your audience needs to see before they will believe in you.
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Public Speaking: Dynamic Openings
Wendy Warman describes seven types of opening statements.
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Public Speaking: Establishing the Main Ideas
Beliefs or concepts the audience must believe or understand will establish the main themes of your presentation.
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Public Speaking: Establish Your Objectives
Wendy Warman describes the importance of establishing your objectives at the beginning of your presentation.
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Powerful Presentations
When you make a presentation, 55 percent of your message is nonverbal. The body language should match the message.
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The Four Minute Rule
The four minute rule says you have only four minutes to make a good impression.
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Why Simple is Better
Common-sense explanations that are easily understood are better than charts, graphs, statistics, and regression equations.
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Improv Tips for Better Presentations
Dynamic, engaging presentations start with dynamic and engaging presenters. Apply these three tips from improv to build the audience connections that set you apart from the crowd.
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The Two Most Important Things When Giving a Presentation
Do not use a speech as an information dump. We can only remember only about four things.
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Four Steps to a Charismatic Presentation
Nick Morgan details the four steps to a charismatic presentation. 1. Be open. 2. Be connected. 3. Be passionate. 4. Listen.
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Involve Your Audience
Do not hide behind the lectern. You can’t connect with your audience well from there. Get them involved. Ask questions, ask for a show of hands, ask them to tell their stories about whatever it is you are talking about.
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Preparing for an Effective Presentation
Richard Goring offers tips that will make your presentations more engaging and more memorable. It all starts with preparation.
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Powerful Presentation Openings
A successful presentation starts with a focus on your audience and what they care about, not a laundry list of your qualifications.
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Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking
Diane Darling shares her advice about how she was able to conquer her fear of speaking in front of others.
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What Makes a Great Presentation
Don't begin with facts and statistics. Instead, use a compelling human example.
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Preparing for High Stakes Situations
When preparing for a presentation or other high-stakes situation, focus on how you speak more than what you say. Tap into your belief in your message, so you can present it with confidence. Practice power poses before you walk in; they configure your brain for success.
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People Want to Work With You
How do you get people on your side in a matter of seconds? It starts with a compelling story.
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Don't Imagine It, Do It
Discover how to capture someone's mind, time, and dime in sixty seconds or less with Horn’s quick tips.
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Get Others to Say, “Tell Me More”
Stop opening with your bio. Instead, start with intrigue to gain audience buy-in.
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True Humor
If you aren't funny, don't tell jokes. True humor works better.