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How To Give a Good Presentation: 3 Powerful Tips

When people seek tips on good presentation skills in Google, they typically type in the following question: How to give a good presentation? Sorry to tell you but that is the wrong question to ask. The better question is: How to give an effective presentation? Because in a business setting, effective beats good any day! So what […]

What Did Improv Classes Teach Me About Public Speaking

10 Years ago I attended my first set of improv classes in San Francisco. I signed up because I was an introverted engineer trying to become more expressive as a public speaker. Now, I am a national speaker and run one of the fastest growing public speaking training companies in the Bay Area. I owe […]

How To Make A Presentation Fun, Interactive, and Enjoyable

Mike’s presentations were always fun and interactive! Mike was the CEO of the very first company I worked at after college. Mike knew his material, and he knew how to present it. He made presentations on cancer vaccines seem almost like a scene from Game of Thrones. As an entry-level engineer at the time, I […]

The 8 Qualities All Great Presenters Have

You get evaluated by management and peers every time you speak in front of a group. To win and to do well, you have to know the qualities they are looking for and the criteria for evaluation. That’s why when I facilitate executive retreats on communication skills, I start by having the executives write-up characteristics […]

Find Out Your Relationship Status With Public Speaking

You as a human are in the relationship business. You form relationships with fellow humans, you develop relationships with pets, and yes you even build relationships with abstract concepts like public speaking. Just like any other, your relationship with public speaking could be healthy or toxic. If it’s healthy, you want to maintain it and […]

How to Disagree Respectfully in a Business Environment

Disagreement is a healthy part of any business environment. Do you agree? It’s ok if you don’t (leave it in the comments and would love to read it). The problem is not usually with the actual disagreement; the problem is with how the disagreement is delivered. You can deliver and receive a disagreement, and both […]

The 7 Ingredients of Self-Confidence

Did you know that anxiety is one of the ingredients of self-confidence? Self-confidence is a cocktail of emotional states that you feel at a time. A state is a physio-neuro-emotional response ( how you feel, what you think, and how you move). To feel confident, you need anxiety plus 6 more emotional states. When the […]

5 “Talking With Your Hands” Rules Charismatic Leaders Use

You are always talking with your hands. Unfortunately, your hands might be saying the wrong things. According to a study published in the Leadership & Organization Development Journal: If you don’t use your hands when presenting, or if you use awkward hand movements, your audience will label you as cold and aloof. On the […]

The Simple And Easy Way To Structure Your Presentation

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The 7 Questions You Must Answer in All Your Executive Presentations

Executive presentations can be the hardest nut to crack, yet will have the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to your career advancement. Master the executive presentation, and you will get the visibility and recognition to drive your career upward. The alternative is to fumble and ramble through, and get labeled as “not […]