There are a number of traps that inexperienced presenters can fall into when they first begin presenting. Any one of these traps can make your presentation look less professional than it otherwise would. This article shares 6 of those traps with you and shows you some neat ways to overcome them.
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Thursday,
January
13th,
2011
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Tuesday,
January
11th,
2011
Professional speaking for many entrepreneurs and business professionals creates an opportunity for another stream of income. For professionals who want to add speaking to their career mix as either their primary or secondary source of income there are multiple options.
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Categories : Professional Speaking
Sunday,
January
9th,
2011
So what do you think is the biggest mistake in sales presentations?
* Selling features instead of benefits?
* Talking too much and not listening?
* Not knowing the product?
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Tags : Diane DiResta, Sales Presentation
Friday,
January
7th,
2011
Unless a speaker can interest his audience, his effort will be a failure. If your topic is not one of extraordinary interest, your listeners are likely to say to themselves, so what? Who cares? A speaker can quickly lose an audience if she or he doesn’t use the introduction to get their attention and clicking their interest in getting the initial attention of your audience is usually easy-even before you utter a single word. Read More→
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Wednesday,
January
5th,
2011
Public speaking has multiple purposes, but all speeches fall into one of three categories. You can speak to:
- Inform
- Persuade or
- Entertain.
Each has their own subtleties and organization patterns to choose from. In particular, when speaking to inform you have only three choices for organization patterns: by time, by space or location, or by topic. Read More→
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Monday,
January
3rd,
2011
You are not limited to the stories of your company, your personal life and stories from others in corporate storytelling. Why not call upon the power contained in a few centuries worth of stories? When you speak in public, you want your audience to be immersed in your subject and able to hold on to your message well after you finish speaking. Read More→
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Monday,
December
27th,
2010
There are a number of traps that inexperienced presenters can fall into when they first begin presenting. Any one of these traps can make your presentation look less professional than it otherwise would. In this article we will look at traps relating to keep track of time, airing commercials, sticking around after the presentation and being difficult to work with. Read More→
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Saturday,
December
25th,
2010
One of the main ideas behind public speaking is called anchoring. Anchoring is a way of “marking your territory” while giving an address to an audience. When you use this anchor often enough during speaking, it will help the audience remember your words. Read More→
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Thursday,
December
23rd,
2010
When giving a speech it can be quite a nerve-wracking experience. Often times people will try to gain their audience’s attention by using visual aids in their speeches. This helps keep the audience interested while at the same time helping them understand the subject matter easier. There are many different types of visual aids and in this article I would like to describe to you 10 of the most prominent types of visual aids and how they can be used. Read More→
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Categories : Misc Speaking Topics, Visual Aids
Tuesday,
December
21st,
2010
Motivational speakers rank near the top of AOL’s “Top Ten Most Overpaid Jobs.” Why?
Being a practiced public speaker is not equal to being a good keynoter, because keynoting is an art form unto itself, demanding skills and a disposition above and beyond training and consulting. Speaking takes many forms. Some speakers are successful in intimate settings, others on large platforms. Few do both with equal ease (excluding celebrities, of course, who can cough and get a standing ovation).
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Categories : Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Skills
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