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Audience Focus

Too often, we can find ourselves rambling or roaming in a presentation, and this usually means we’ve strayed from the hoary principle of audience focus. Yes, focus on your audience. Roaming aimlessly...

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What the Audience Wants – TOOTSIFELT

As much as some of us might seek the adulation of the crowd, it’s wise to remember that your presentation isn’t about you – it’s about your audience. Your presentation is for your audience and you must...

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What’s In It For Your Audience?

Stanley K. Ridgley WIIFY – What’s In It For Your Audience? This catchphrase comes loaded with a freight-train of wisdom for your business presentation. And no, it isn’t about you . . . it’s about your...

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The Especially Powerful Presentation – Malcolm X

Stanley K. Ridgley Malcolm X was a great presenter, and he would sting his audiences with a superb and especially powerful technique – powerful grabber lines. Like snapping a towel to skin, you want to...

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Business Presentation Audience?

Stanley K. Ridgley Do you face a listless, distracted business presentation audience? Are your “listeners” checking iPhones every few seconds? Texting? Chatting in side conversations? Do they sit with...

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Do You Ever Wing It?

Stanley K. Ridgley Always speak to the people in your audience in ways that move them . . . and this means never, ever wing it. Offer them something that speaks to them in the language they understand...

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Mind-Blasting to Hook your Audience

Stanley K. Ridgley Some experts estimate that you have an initial 15 seconds – maybe 20 – to hook your audience for your business presentation. And with a kaleidoscope of modern-day distractions, you...

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“I never get an interesting topic”

Stanley K. Ridgley “I never get an interesting topic.” Perhaps you’ve said that? I’ve certainly heard it. In fact, I hear this lament more often than I would prefer.  It embodies much of what is wrong...

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Bookend your Business Presentation Structure

Stanley K. Ridgley Bookend your presentation structure to give the audience a satisfying experience. You can bookend your segment of a group presentation, too. “Bookend?” What’s this bookending and why...

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Don’t Be a Business Presentation Snipper!

Stanley K. Ridgley I often hear business presentation sentence snippers. Snippers have a verbal tic – they snip the ends of sentences during a business presentation. You’ve probably heard these...

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Audience Engagement – Don’t Just Talk at Folks

Stanley K. Ridgley Do you face a listless, distracted audience? Are your “listeners” checking iPhones every few seconds? Texting? Chatting in side conversations? Do they sit with glazed, far-away looks...

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Know your Audience . . . for an Especially Powerful Presentation

Stanley K. Ridgley “Know your audience” is an hoary folk-wisdom kind of phrase that we’ve all heard and said at some point. But what does it mean? It’s almost like an incantation, similar to that...

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Respect Your Audience for Presentation Power

Stanley K. Ridgley Always speak to the people in your audience in ways that move them – respect your audience. Speak to your listeners in their language and to their needs. Always offer them your...

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The Especially Powerful Presentation – Malcolm X

Stanley K. Ridgley Malcolm X was a great presenter, and he would sting his audiences with a superb and especially powerful technique – powerful grabber lines. Like snapping a towel to skin, you want to...

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Business Presentation Audience?

Stanley K. Ridgley Do you face a listless, distracted business presentation audience? Are your “listeners” checking iPhones every few seconds? Texting? Chatting in side conversations? Do they sit with...

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Do You Ever Wing It?

Stanley K. Ridgley Always speak to the people in your audience in ways that move them . . . and this means never, ever wing it. Offer them something that speaks to them in the language they understand...

View Article

Mind-Blasting to Hook your Audience

Stanley K. Ridgley Some experts estimate that you have an initial 15 seconds – maybe 20 – to hook your audience for your business presentation. And with a kaleidoscope of modern-day distractions, you...

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“I never get an interesting topic”

Stanley K. Ridgley “I never get an interesting topic.” Perhaps you’ve said that? I’ve certainly heard it. In fact, I hear this lament more often than I would prefer.  It embodies much of what is wrong...

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Bookend your Business Presentation Structure

Stanley K. RidgleyBookend your presentation structure to give the audience a satisfying experience. You can bookend your segment of a group presentation, too. “Bookend?” What’s this bookending and why...

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Don’t Be a Business Presentation Snipper!

Stanley K. RidgleyI often hear business presentation sentence snippers. Snippers have a verbal tic – they snip the ends of sentences during a business presentation. You’ve probably heard these...

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