Presentation Tips

Think of all the times in your life you’ve been lectured to. There were those many days in school when your teacher would drone on and on about an already-dull subject making it incredibly difficult to pay attention. Then of course there were the times your parents laid into you...

'It was a sign of worse things to come when nobody laughed at your opening joke.' The large room that could comfortably hold 100 people and their pet elephants now has only 13 bored-looking stragglers who apparently wandered into your workshop by mistake. You made a remark that you hoped...

About the only thing worse than watching a presentation that is fun and engaging is… actually, there is nothing worse. Anyone can create a great presentation, but it takes a certain set of skills and determination to create a presentation that is painful to watch. Here are 7 hacks to...

Over the last 20 years, a growing body of scientific research suggests that people remember more if their emotions are engaged. Studies by William Cushman (2007) and Bradley et all (1992), for example, remind us that if we want people to remember what we are saying we need to tap...

Using the most effective words and phrases in your presentations is an art form that accomplished speakers perfect throughout a lifetime. From the start, however, there are many things you can do to avoid common word and phrase issues with your presentation. Most of them center on the use of...

Before you start making a presentation you need to ask yourself what your main goal is, and what message you want to convey. This way you’ll know what to work on in order to achieve your objectives. There are three main characteristics of a successful presentation: Speaking skills – in...

It can be difficult to create a presentation that fulfills all the criteria of good design, while at the same time matching the client’s goal and the expectations of the crowd. Sometimes, even if you are pleased with the work the designer has done, it does not imply that the...

The late Steve Jobs was legendary for his speaking skills. In the book The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to be insanely great in front of any audience, author Carmine Gallo talks at length about the time Jobs would spend putting his presentation plan on paper and then the...

You’ve studied for years to become an expert in your field and now you’ve been called to deliver a keynote address to a conference of your peers. It’s an exciting moment and when they ask you to speak for half an hour, you want to say “yes, yes, yes!” But...

The impact of a great speech can be jeopardized by bad presentation skills. Habits developed since pre-school days can stay with you and undermine you to your audience. Here are 10 of the most common bad habits to avoid: Bad Habit No. 1: Failing to put your remarks in context...