Presentation Skills

In Presentations, Learn to Say Less

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Leadership, Presentation Skills, Presentations, Communication, Communication Skills, Data, Management, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

It's not easy to say less and convey more. But if you learn how to do it well, you'll have much more impact on your audience and on your organization. What are your suggestions for learning how to say less?

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A Sales Pitch Is Like a Job Interview

John Fox | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Selling, Presentation Skills, Networking, Business News
John Fox

If you're a sales executive you know many of your first meetings with prospective customers often feel like a job interview. Similar meeting preparation. Pointed questions. Friendly tension.

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Rachel Sequoia Branches Out to Invite us to Share the Air, for a Fee

Mitchell J. Rabin | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Chief Seattle, Presentation Skills, Viral Video, Rachel Sequoia, Water, Women Startups, Kickstarter, Marcel Duchamp, Women Entrepreneurs, Youtube, Environmentalism, Startups, Women in Business, Venture Capital, Sequoia, Silicon Valley, Air Quality, Equality, The Balanced Life, Earthquake, Elements, Japan Tsunami, Humanity, Green News
Mitchell J. Rabin

Despite common assumptions and practices that have permeated our psyches for some time now, the Earth, as our Native peoples have always said, cannot be owned.

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How Not to Bore an Audience - A Plea to Authors Everywhere

Melanie Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Freedom, Acting, Books, Literary Festivals, Readers, Carnegie Hall, Reading, Entertaining, Rockettes, Presentation Skills, Books News
Melanie Benjamin

Do not read from your work simply because you think you have to. You don't. You deserve better - and so do those wonderful, weird book lovers.

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How to Avoid Death by Presentation

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Presentation, Powerpoint, Presentation Skills, Thought-Leadership, Thought Leaders, Corporate Culture, Presentations, Afghanistan War, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

If you are suffering from death by PowerPoint -- or presentations in general -- here are several ways that you can simplify and improve your communications.

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Obama's Oil Speech Postmortem

Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Presentation Skills, Obama Oval Office Speech, Oil Spill, Delivery Skills, Jerry Weissman, Obama Oratical Skills, Obama Oval Speech Ratings, Oil Spill Responsibilities, Oval Office Speech, Obama Oil Spill, Bp, Peggy Noonan, Keith Olbermann, Frank Rich, Mark Halperin, Speechmaking, Joe Barton, Power Presentations, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

Thumbs Down, Thumbs Up In last week's post on Obama's Oval Office speech on the oil spill you read how Mike Allen, the Washington columnist the New Y...

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What is True Confidence?

Susan Piver | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fear, Fearlessness, Self-Confidence, Meditation, Self-Esteem, Buddhism, Pema Chodron, How to Relax, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Hypnosis, Inner Life, Build Self-Esteem, The Inner Life, Dharma, Spirituality, Relaxing, Healthy Living News
Susan Piver

We are accustomed to identifying with every large or small thought that comes along. But you can train yourself to identify as the sky instead.

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What to Do When You Don't Know the Answer

Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama Oratorical Skills, Q&A, Q&A Skills, Q&A Techniques, Presentation Skills, Obama Press Conference, Barack Obama, Presentations, Sgt. James Crowley, Obama Gates Crowley, Henry Louis Gates, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

It's perfectly permissible to admit that you are not the repository of every minute fact known to humankind. No one expects you to be a walking encyclopedia.

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Your Story Is Your Key To Success In Business Presentations

Jen Grisanti | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Business, Motivation, Speeches, Communication, Jerry Weissman, Business News
Jen Grisanti

Presenting is an art. The key to giving a successful presentation is knowing how to tell your story.

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Beware of Jokes - II

Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beware of Jokes, Presentation Skills, Jay Leno, Barack Obama, Obama Transition, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

This time, his attempt at self-deprecating humor backfired, and Obama and his staff immediately realized it. He called Special Olympics Chairman Tim Shriver to apologize before the program was broadcast.

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