Oral Communication
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Friday, March 5th, 2010Your chances of being tapped to deliver a formal presentation are much higher than they were just a few years ago. In fact, by some estimates, as many as one-fourth of the jobs in the United States will require employees to give a formal presentation in 2010.
Unfortunately, many presenters fall into certain [...]
Garr Reynolds: Presentation Tips
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010For professionals today, presentation and public-speaking skills are more important than ever. Management guru, Tom Peters, for example, says that “presentation skills are worthy of extreme obsessive study.”
Strong presentation skills and the ability to engage and connect can truly set you apart from the crowd. Garr Reynolds (left) offers free tips and resources to [...]
Presentations: Improve Your Communication Skills with Storytelling Techniques
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Storytelling is the “mother” of all communications. Every art form relies on storytelling to convey meaning.
Despite this truth, many communicators only approach storytelling as an adjunct to their speaking and presenting. For this quick article, Sean Buvala is speaking about oral storytelling, not digital storytelling that does not rely or build on a presenter’s [...]
Five Key Audience Questions to Help You "Read the Room"
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010My Irish grandmother was fond of quoting a line from a Robert Burns’ poem about having “the giftie gie us, to see ourselves as ithers see us.”
For years I thought she was talking about some leprechaun showing up with a magical mirror (blame that one on Lucky Charms commercials).
But one day I finally [...]
Tips for Making a Successful Presentation
Monday, November 30th, 2009This 22-slide, well-illustrated program gives excellent tips for making a successful presentation.
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Presentations: 10 Tools for Presenting with Twitter
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Presenting while people are tweeting is challenging – but also adds a new dimension to the presentation experience for your audience. Gradually tools are being developed to make it easier for you as the presenter to manage the backchannel.
I would love to see more tools available which work within the most common slideware – PowerPoint [...]
Mastering the Art of Public Speaking
Monday, November 16th, 2009If you’re like most people, you panic at the thought of speaking before a group of more than a few people. Don’t! Remember, this is an opportunity to share your expertise, and your audience is there to hear what you have to say. Let your confidence in your information carry you through.
Soon enough, you’ll also [...]
Vocal Skills for Presenters
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Learn why it is difficult to alter speaking habits on your own and how coaching can help.
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The Seven Things You Must Know About Public Speaking
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009We turn on the television and see people speaking before crowds or handling reporters with confidence and it all looks effortless. In the 15 years I have been training people to become more effective communicators, I have watched for common qualities among great speakers. Are they made, or are they born? Do they have a [...]
How to Create Powerful Presentations
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009We use powerful presentations as a means of communication. Yet since 1990, we create boring, bad presentations filled with meaningless bullet points instead of simple, legible, and engaging presentations.
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