How One Key Question Gets Audience Results
Some leaders miss one of the big points of a professional presentation. How do I know this? Because of the questions people ask when I’m coaching them: Have I said too many umms and ahhs? Should this...
View ArticleHave You Made These 4 Roll Out Mistakes?
Last week I met with a client who is often tasked with rolling out new initiatives to internal teams. I was struck by how savvy he was in coordinating roll outs to new groups in his company. It...
View ArticleHow To Explain Complex Things Without Losing People
About nine years ago, I was coaching a team of engineers from an oil refinery on presentation skills. I went to lunch with a group of them one afternoon, and we got to talking about how gasoline is...
View ArticleOne Thing Most Presenters Miss That Will Make Your Presentations Shine
When I was in college, I was required to take a class in business law. While it wasn’t my area of study, I was interested in the legal system and excited about the class. I went to one of those large,...
View Article5 Ways To Address A Hostile Audience
Almost everyone I know has engaged in difficult conversations in the workplace…but what do you do when that difficult conversation needs to happen with an audience, during a presentation? Virtually...
View ArticleDon’t Start Your Presentation Like This
Earlier this summer, I attended a rather formal event with several speakers slated. As the program began, there was a slight pause, followed by the first speaker suddenly running up on stage. He...
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