If there’s one word that should guide your presentations, it’s this: SIMPLE.

Most people can’t listen, read slides, and take notes all at once. Sure, a few can pull it off—but for the majority, it’s cognitive overload.

SPEAKERS: Engage, Inform, and Connect with Your Audience

A COACH! In the Olympics ,each individual and every team has been coached by the best trainers in their field. It is a rare athlete who reaches this level of skill on their own. It’s also true for the top achievers in many professions. There are acting coaches, voice coaches, and personal coaches for a variety of skills. I googled “Coaching,” and found one list of thirty-one types of coaching. Why do the “Best of the Best” have a Coach? In 2019, Atul Gawande, a surgeon,

The Law of Primacy and Recency says the audience best remembers the first and last things you say and do.

The Introduction is an integral part of your speech!