In January of this year I attended a large corporate conference. At this event I heard one of the best inspirational speakers I have ever experienced (more on that later) as well as some less than inspirational (boring) presentations. Conferences are like that. One presentation …
Read MoreAre you using “shiny happy people” in your slides?
A couple months ago I was asked to help some colleagues design and deliver a major presentation for a project at a children’s hospital. We didn’t have much time to plan our strategy. To get started I did a short email survey asking everyone what …
Read MoreWhen you’re hot you’re hot … when you’re not you’re not.
In 1971 country western singer Jerry Reed had a hit called “When you’re hot you’re hot … when you’re not you’re not”. This is a concept that all presenters can relate to. Do you have a hot connection with the audience, or … not? Recently …
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