Are you looking for a marketing tool that is both effective and inexpensive? Then pull out your microphone and do some speaking! Why should you consider ‘public speaking’ as a way to obtain new customers? Because it doesn’t cost anything, except your time, and it is effective.
http://adjix.com/4q58
Fear of public speaking strikes some people harder — and differently — than others, according to a new study.
The study shows that those who suffer most over speaking in public get more anxious, not less anxious, as their presentation gets under way. And when it’s over, instead of feeling relief, they feel even more anxious.
The study shows that those who suffer most over speaking in public get more anxious, not less anxious, as their presentation gets under way. And when it’s over, instead of feeling relief, they feel even more anxious.
To create effective backgrounds in PowerPoint is one of the most challenging tasks for a presenter, as balancing visual impact, layout balance, properly matching colors while keeping great legibility is nothing that I would consider easy. Article continues
Bert Decker has a great post he has called “Six Do’s to Open Your Presentations”. Very useful tips and his message is to “take advantage of your opening.” Well worth reading
http://adjix.com/4bx3
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Martin Fraquhar Tupper
When it comes to bad PowerPoint presentations, most people love to blame the tool or software. However, it’s interesting that many other people can use the same tool and achieve completely different results.
You might be able to rack up the different outcomes to a person’s experience and expertise, but I believe all ‘PowerPoint evil’ can be traced back to the simple issue of time – and how we manage it or choose to spend it.
http://adjix.com/7rsp
Seth Godin says …
I’m sorry, we’re out of time
What do you do when the deadline looms?
I often hear blowhards on the radio, wrecking the entire interview because they don’t know how to call it quits when the host tells them they have thirty seconds to wrap up. They try to say one more thing, one more thing, one more thing and they get hung up on and the message is lost.
I often hear presenters who always manage to need just two more minutes than the time allows.
Read more … http://adjix.com/3i6h
I often hear blowhards on the radio, wrecking the entire interview because they don’t know how to call it quits when the host tells them they have thirty seconds to wrap up. They try to say one more thing, one more thing, one more thing and they get hung up on and the message is lost.
I often hear presenters who always manage to need just two more minutes than the time allows.
Read more … http://adjix.com/3i6h
with Barbara Niven
Speaking is a performance. No news here. However, few speakers fully integrate key acting skills and perspective into their presentations. Actors know the importance of setting the stage, using vocal nuances, creating characters through body language and facial expressions, and eliciting the desired emotions in their audience. By using simple acting skills you will dramatically increase your effectiveness and make yourself memorable.
Barbara Niven, a professional film and television actor for nearly three decades, will share acting techniques that speakers can immediately apply to their speeches. Barbara straddles both worlds, as she gives professional speeches in between her busy filming engagements.
You will learn how to:
- Understand your “role” and the “character” you want to project
- Identify the emotions you want to evoke in your audience and how best to accomplish this
- Scrutinize the podium as a director would, and avoid common pitfalls
- Get your mind, voice and body in the right frame off stage
- Begin with a dramatic bang to start the “show”
- Portray characters in your stories to make them memorable
- Use improv to be in the moment and connect with your audience
Register or order the CD or MP3 recording. Note our new policy: people who register for the teleseminar will get the MP3 recording of the session for free.
Date: Tuesday, February 17
Time: 7:00 pm Eastern, 6 pm Central, 5 pm Mountain, 4 pm Pacific
Length: 60 minutes
Cost: $25
Special Limited-Time Offer:
If you want more information on adding more drama to your presentations, we suggest the MP3 recordings of two earlier programs to complement Barbara’s program:
- “Get Standing Ovations Using Broadway and Film Performance Techniques” with Lou Heckler, CSP, CPAE
- “Add Oomph to Your Stories by Bringing the Characters Alive” with Jon Schwartz, a.k.a. Vinny Verelli
With your order of Barbara’s teleseminar, CD or MP3, at checkout you will be offered these recordings.
A strong post from Rowan on Powerpoint. He makes excellent points with extremely valuable supports.
If your presentation consists of a PowerPoint and the File Properties tell you that the audience will be spending more than half of your allotted time reading your slides, I would recommend staying home and sending an email.
http://fortifyservices.blogspot.com/2009/02/putting-value-on-your-audiences-time.html
Reading or interpreting text out loud is easier than it sounds. I’m going to highlight some of the pitfalls that I have come across and try to provide appropriate solutions too.
http://prohumorist.com/?p=222