What do you think of this great article addressing poor business presentation visuals? The main ideas are: – Presentation visuals should be visual based. – Start preparing your presentation away from the computer. – Tell stories and entertain your audience. It’s not groundbreaking stuff, but it’s great to see the issue addressed by people like…
I was pleased to read Brent Manke’s honest, thoughtful review of Prezi today. He agrees with much of what I’ve said about Prezi in the past – mainly that Prezi alone cannot make a presentation great (see What Prezi Does for a Poor Speech for my views). Brent says: “Prezi is the new trendy tool…
Use these three types of questions to better engage your audience throughout the presentation. Answer questions from the audience This traditional method is often handled poorly. Typically the presenter delivers the presentation and then feebly asks, “Are there any questions?” What’s wrong with this approach? The end of the presentation and the question period…
Since coming to work here I have had to learn a great many new things and one I have had to get up to speed with pretty quickly is using Powerpoint. But when time is of the essence sometimes you just need to cut to the chase and want someone to tell you how to…
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve got frustrated when I’ve found the perfect image for my Powerpoint slide only to find it is the wrong size and no amount of tweaking is going to help. Stretching it will distort the image too much, especially if you only pull it in one dimension. …
In this short video we explain the key similarities and differences between PowerPoint and Prezi. Key messages: If your speech is poor, neither tool will help you. PowerPoint has simple strengths for the average business presenter. Prezi has a couple of significant strengths if you want to stand out. Prezi for Professionals and Speech Transcript….
Prezi is really easy to learn and use. Get started in seconds by watching this video to show you how to get going. Then explore, play and enjoy. http://youtu.be/Tp1iqZQH5vI If you just want to learn the basics or really want to develop your skills further, click here to find out how we can help. …
Emphasis, the great speaker’s skill. Proper emphasis helps an audience remember those things that the speaker thinks will be most useful to them out of everything h/she says. Every line that you say will have words that carry the meaning of that sentence or phrase. The stress that you place on those words will change…
I know that getting laid is not the only measure of success, but it’s translatable for everyone isn’t it? Whether you want the doubtful charms of an audience member, or business for the long-term from a corporate client, it’s opportunities we want isn’t it? So as a metaphor, let’s use the ‘getting laid’ idea as…