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Thanking The Speaker

Presentations have a cadence: promotion, registration, MC opening, speaker delivery, and then the closing th...

What If I Am Not Fluent In English As A Presenter?

Can we be successful as a presenter if we don't connect with our audience? Many presenters believe this sim...

What If I Am A Low Energy Speaker

> Being persuasive is a key element to business success. You can argue the rights and wrongs of that stat...

How to Introduce A Speaker

How to Introduce A Speaker Today we are going to look at how to introduce a speaker — something we may not ...

Inspiring People To Embrace Change

Change is easy to talk about and hard to embrace. Most people don’t refuse change out of logic — they resist...

Motivating Others To Action

Most leaders say they want “alignment”, but what they really need is movement — people actually doing the new...

The Presenter’s Time, Talent and Treasure

So how have your New Year resolutions been unfolding? Change is tough, as is forming new habits by adding in ...

Communicating With Greater Impact

Most talks are totally forgettable because they don’t touch people emotionally and logically — and in the 202...

Episode #385: Big Venue, Big Results: Practical Techniques for Large Crowds

Presenting to a very large audience demands a different approach because distance changes what people can see...

Handling The Q&A

Q&A isn’t the awkward add-on after your talk — it’s where you cement your message, clarify what didn’t la...

Presenting Complex Information

Complex doesn’t mean “technical”. Complex means your audience can’t quickly connect what you’re saying to wha...

Persuasion Power Eats Everything For Breakfast

Most business careers don’t stall because people lack IQ or work ethic — they stall because people can’t move...

Designing the Close

When you present—whether it’s a leadership offsite, a town hall, a sales pitch, or a conference keynote—you d...

The Use Of Evidence In Your Presentations

We flagged this point last episode, and today we’re getting practical about evidence in presentations. We n...

Designing The Main Body Of Our Talk

In some recent episodes we looked at how to open the presentation. Today we are going to look at designing t...

How To Be That Charismatic Presenter

Some speakers have “it.” Even from the back of the room, you can feel their inner energy, confidence, and ce...

How An Expert Prepares For A TED Talk

Reading this headline you might be thinking, “Oh yeah, this guy says he is an expert? Is that really true?”. ...

Opening Our Presentation (Part Two)

If your opening drifts, your audience drifts. In a post-pandemic, hybrid-work world (Zoom, Teams, in-person,...

Opening Our Presentation (Part One)

In the first seconds of any presentation, your audience decides whether to lean in or tune out. This guide s...

The “Impress Your Audience” Speech

Short intro: Your audience buys your message only after they buy you. In today’s era of cynicism and AI summ...