There are some things speakers do that absolutely kill their credibility. Some of those things are content oriented, some of those things are not. This post is about bringing awareness to some things we do to kill our credibility when presenting. Too many filler words. Filler words are those words we utter when we’re trying […]
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Color selection
It’s always amazing to me how emotional color selection can be for some. I’ve had clients who have had break downs because of the wrong shade of orange (or some other favorite color). And I’ve heard clients have internal fights over their favorites. Personal preference is one way to go about these things, but I’m […]
Upcoming class on Presentation Creation through Mediabistro
Want to take a class with The Presentation School? Then take our class with Mediabistro that will be on December 2 and December 9 from 8-9pm Eastern US time! Details can be found here: http://www.mediabistro.com/Presentations-From-Planning-to-Design-crs8267.html
Curated Videos: Brighter Minds @ Human Potential by The Economist
Sometimes work as a presentation coach is extra amazing because I get to meet really smart people, with awesome ideas and help them express those ideas to the world at large. About a month ago, I curated a segment of 5 rapid fire talks for The Economist’s Human Potential event in NYC. The event was […]
Event planning check list: Tech Needs
I’ve worked a couple of events recently and have seen a few event organizers have mini meltdown over tech needs. In many cases it’s because it was their first time in a space and they just didn’t know what to ask. Some of their melt downs spread to their entire tech crews. To help you […]
The Presentation School will be at The Economist’s Human Potential
This is our third time curating a rapid fire presentation segment for The Economist events series. If you’re in NYC on Wednesday, September 18, come check it out! We selected these speakers and led the speakers through the process of writing, designing and delivering their 20 slide presentations, that automatically shift after 16 seconds. This […]
The Presentation School wrote a guide!
Yup, that’s right. I’m now published and you can get a 6 page, laminated guide for your own, touting much of the content you find on this blog. It took many months to get done, but it now exists! Get your guide here for $5.95 USD: http://www.barcharts.com/9781423218227-details.aspx#.Uin7DWRAR18 Like this blog, the content covers 3 main […]
5 talks with 5 very different styles
The best talks happen when speakers have a clear storyline, speak clearly and are genuine. Sure, we enjoy it when speakers avoid stumbling over words, speak too quietly, move around awkwardly or seem really uncomfortable. Those are things that can be improved with a speaker coach. What can’t be improved are genuine creativity and emotional […]
Embedding multiple audio clips into a single PowerPoint page
I just worked on a recent client project for an advertising pitch where they wanted to have various audio clips play automatically after one click per slide and not have the icons on the screen. This was a new one for me and frankly I didn’t think it could be done. But dear readers, it […]
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