Archive for Presentations
The Mind Map for ‘NSPS!’
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for my Signature Speech and Book.
Mind Map for 'No Sweat Public Speaking!'
Props can help the audience GET IT!
Here are some great ones!
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Because people learn in a variety of ways,
these sight & sound props Rock!
The right prop, used at the right time in the right manor helps the audience GET IT!
Here are some ideas you can use.
Large Black Leather Portfolio Case
This one was like artists and architects us. The speaker, whose name I can’t recall, spoke about his advertising business and how print ads had to send the same message
as radio and tv ads. He went on and on, giving an excellent talk, and switching the hand that held the case.
Everyone kept waiting for him to open the case and display examples.
He never lost the attention of the audience. In fact, it grew and grew.
He closed his speech having never opened the case!
(Most of us wanted to jump him, grab the case and open it!)
It was great! Read More→
Tips to Reduce The ‘Fear of Public Speaking’
Posted by: | CommentsHere are tips you can use – NOW!
‘Flip’ thru the pages for ideas that really work!
This Slide is BLANK on PURPOSE.
Don’t Forget the ‘B’ Button!
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It’s BLANK for a
Very Good Reason!
The ‘B’ Button is one of the most powerful features in PowerPoint / Keynote software.
When in presentation mode, pressing the ‘B’ Button makes the screen go blank. Blank, in this case, means completely Black. Use it to enhance your presentation.
Blanking the slide immediately takes the attention off the screen, and puts it on the presenter. Read More→
A Speaker’s Template – SEE The BIG PICTURE
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Develop, Practice and Deliver Your Presentation
A Speaker's Template - Click to Enlarge!
This Speaker’s Template gives you the Big Picture. Your entire speech is on a single page.
It’s a great visual to ‘See’ how the Content of a Speech should be constructed and Read More→
Lessons from a Street Performer
Posted by: | CommentsThis one was O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G!
I was in Boston last week and had an opportunity to do some sightseeing.
Around the famous Faneuil Hall Marketplace there were several street performers.
They’re mostly very good.
One was O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G!
The Content of his performance was juggling.
The Great Delivery was what set him apart from the majority of street performers.
I was reminded of Delivery Lessons all great speakers should emulate.
Here they are: Read More→
BLOG!
It will make you a Better Speaker!
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Blogging (Writing) and Speaking Go Hand-in-Glove.
They are both communication skills a speaker needs to continually sharpen.
Writing is a great way to develop, and make better, the content of your presentations.
The analogy is: “If you really want to learn about a subject – Teach It!
The same holds true for blogging.
I know the subject of Public Speaking and Presentations. I’m an expert in this field. I’ve practiced and studied it for years. However, each and every time I write a new blog Post, I add Read More→
Be ‘The Man in the Arena’!
TR’s Famous Speech – A Great Lesson!
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Be In the Arena – Not in the Crowd!
So you give your speech and stumble – BIG DEAL!
Remember what TR said . . .
It’s been a bit over 100 years since President Teddy Roosevelt gave his ‘Arena Speech’, but the message rings as true today as it did then.
The essence of that quote, from the longer talk Roosevelt gave that day (one of my favorites and placed at the end of this blog post), is that it is
far better to have tried and failed, then to have not tried at all.
The ‘crowd in the arena’ watches the battle, but doesn’t benefit as much as the individual actually in the arena – or at the lectern!
Those words are still a great reminder for anyone who needs to remember that life is full of Read More→
The ‘Show-Before-The-Show’
Warm up the Audience Before the Emcee Speaks!
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This does it for My audiences! What do You do?
This Slide Show and Music will be playing when people enter the room I’ll be speaking in.
What effect do you think it has on them? My thoughts are that it reminds many of them why they chose to attend. It preps them for the information I’m going to deliver. Read More→
I Get Ideas for My Presentations,
But Forget Them!
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Use a Digital Recorder to
Capture those thoughts ‘In the Moment!’
None of us have the great memories we wish we had.
We’re exercising, walking, driving or maybe just sitting at a coffee shop and an idea for a speech, or a story to make a point in one, comes to us. We don’t have a pen or paper handy, but we mentally promise ourselves to start working on it when we have the opportunity. Many times that doesn’t happen because we forget that great idea – Bummer!
Yoga teaches to be ‘Always present and In the Moment’. This makes great sense for speakers because what’s happening NOW might be potential material for a new presentation or a delivery technique to add to a speech already in your ‘portfolio’.
Great speakers always update their material and consider all the speeches and techniques they ‘own’ to be works in progress.
Too many ideas have gone unused because they haven’t been ‘recorded’ for future use. Read More→
