Archive for August, 2008

Aug 28, 2008

What is the one big secret most people never learn about presenting?

Here it is: You can present to an audience and have perfect eye contact, wear a beautifully tailored suit, have perfect gestures, speak with perfect volume and pitch, never say a single “uh” or “um” and still…never communicate a thing! The sad reality is that it’s very hard to get people listening to you to [...]

Aug 20, 2008

What is the best way for me to start my presentation?

There is no one perfect way to start a presentation. You don’t have to tell a knee-slapping joke or start with a poignant anecdote. But you don’t want to start the way most presenters do. Why? Because most presenters start of by talking about themselves too much.
As a presenter, you have to make one fundamental [...]

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Aug 16, 2008

How Can I get over stage fright and nervousness before I speak to people?

I wish I could tell you to just chant positive affirmations, or picture your audience naked, or visualize a standing ovation, but none of those things will prevent you from giving a lousy presentation, so they should not help you prevent nervousness either.
I’d like to be able to tell you something comforting, like “it’s going [...]

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Aug 15, 2008

A Golden Dodge to the Hypothetical Question

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps was asked the following questions on August 14, 2008 at the Beijing Olympics:

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