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Wing it? . . . a CLASSIC Don’t
Wing it if you will . . . but expect a disastrous presentation Always speak to the people in your audience in ways that move them. Offer them something that speaks to them in the language they...
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Engaging Your Audience . . . Video Classic!
Engage Your Audience . . . Give your listeners what they want Do you face a listless, distracted audience? Do your “listeners” check iPhones every few seconds? Text? Chat openly in side...
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Bad PowerPoint means an awful Business Presentation
Bad PowerPoint is a Debilitating Presentation Pathology It starts innocently enough . . . You click the remote and a new slide appears. You cast a wistful look back at the screen. You pause. And then...
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Presentation Appearance can Make you . . . or Break You
Presentation Appearance Matters What message does your presentation appearance transmit to people? Oftentimes, we don’t consider that our physical appearance transmits messages to those around us . . ....
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Powerful Presentation Words: “This means that . . .”
“This means that . . .” These three powerful presentation words hold incredible promise and potential for your business presentation. And yet they go missing more often than not. These three powerful...
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Focus on Your Audience
Too often, we can find ourselves rambling or roaming in a presentation, and this usually means we’ve strayed from the hoary principle of focus on your audience. We haven’t established a tightly...
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Gangnam Style Presentation
Gangnam Style Presentation is extreme, but instructive Here’s a presenter who carefully follows the Three Ps of business presenting and quite obviously succeeds at his performance in a Gangnam Style...
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Especially Powerful Presentation Openings
The Presentation Opening sets the tone for your Business Presentation Of course you know how to begin a business presentation with a powerful presentation opening. The Presentation Opening is surely...
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Respect Your Audience for Presentation Power
Respect your audience and you earn their respect 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...
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Know your Audience . . . for an Especially Powerful Presentation
Know what it means to really Know Your Audience “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...
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Stanley K. RidgleyDo 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...
View ArticleDon’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...
View ArticleBookend 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleMind-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...
View ArticleDo 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 ArticleBusiness 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleRespect 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...
View ArticleKnow 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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