I’m sold. That is the look you want to see or feeling you want to get from someone after they view your work. Whether it’s an end of year stock performance portfolio, a presentation on your company’s closest competition for the company board of directors, a fundraising cookbook for your church, or your [...]
The first of my three strategies is this: if you don’t feel calm, fake it. That’s right. If you cannot be genuinely cool, calm and confident pretend you are. I’m going to show you how to fake it, to act as if you’re calm and confident.
To see how a change in your thinking [...]
In most instances when you’re hired to make a presentation to a group, the group will behave in a civilised manner. Being realistic however, sometimes that won’t be the case. For example, you might have been hired specifically to be the bearer of bad news. Neither pleasant nor easy.
In this short article, I can’t [...]
With practice, you’ll feel much more positively about your audience and in turn, more confident about presenting to them. With each public presentation, you’ll begin to know and to accept more that your audience is simply made up of individual human beings much like you. Each person in the audience expects your best and hopes [...]
In my coaching I advise people to research their audience – the people to whom they’ll present their information, opinions and ideas.
Why? Because the more you know about the general composition of your audience, the better you can direct your talk to them.
Every audience is unique and deserves a unique approach. [...]
Your first tip is that aural (speaking and hearing) communication is very different from visual communication. So it’s vital that your visuals (charts, photos and so on) complement what your audience is hearing. To quote Dorothy Sarnoff, one of my favourite writers on the subject of public presentations:
“Speechmaking [...]
Vinyl binders have changed markedly over the last several years. Previously limited to just a few colors and ring sizes, they have become a staple of not only business but also academic and home lives. As vinyl binders evolve to meet our changing needs, we find more unique uses for them, ensuring that [...]
“I started off speaking because I had always heard that it was a good way to build your reputation. In the beginning I would speak to anyone who would invite me. In a way that was good, because it gave me the chance to hone my speaking skills, which weren’t that great in the beginning. [...]
Seminars provide the opportunity to learn from the best. Those who put on a seminar are there for a reason, they are very good at what they do. They offer their expertise willingly to anyone wishing to listen to it, for a price of course.
Let’s look at four solid reasons why seminars pack the [...]
Engraved business cards appear luxurious and elegant. If you want to convey a sense of your company being head and shoulders above the competition, look into buying some engraved business cards. These cards will surely show your prospective clients that you care about everything-even the smallest details. Compared to your standard glossy card, these engraved [...]