How to avoid embarrassing time overruns when making presentations? Timing your presentations are crucial yet all the practice in the world may not help if there’s an external issue. An emcee may cause confusion, the sound system might cause delays. And all of these unexpected issues eat up into your time. But some presenters keep […]
Announcing! BlackBelt Presentations Series: How To Make Your Presentations Come Alive
When you make a presentation, wouldn’t it be amazing to completely control the room–without turning anyone off? Wouldn’t you like to create a presentations that enthrall, hold and move an audience to action? So what causes presentations to come alive? There are three core components to presentations: 1) Design control. 2) Delivery control. 3) Event control. […]
Why Variation Is The Hallmark of Outstanding Presenters
Put on some Bach, Beethoven or Chopin. And listen to the music. What do you hear? You hear variation. The music races madly ahead. Then it stops. It goes softer, then louder. Then at a normal volume once again. And variation isn’t just restricted to classical music. It’s pretty much everywhere you look. In cartoons, […]
Announcing: How To Create Black Belt Presentations
I am resending this email in case you missed it on Tuesday For the past year (and a bit) I’ve been working on an incredibly interesting project. It’s a series of books on Presentations. So notice one thing: It’s not a single book. It’s a series. Three whole books. Three whole audio-books as well. Announcing: […]
Announcing: How To Create Black Belt Presentations
For the past year (and a bit) I’ve been working on a incredibly interesting project. It’s a series of books on Presentations. So notice one thing: It’s not a single book. It’s a series. Three whole books. Three whole audio-books as well. Announcing: How To Create Black Belt Presentations And now the books and audio […]
How To Systematically Use Numbers To Get Attention When Speaking
Do you quickly want to get the attention of your customers when you’re speaking? Well, here’s a quick method to do so. It’s called ‘put in a number.’ Because numbers add a bucket load of curiosity. So what’s a number? A number is a figure. Like 23% Or 55 people. Or $7 million. Numbers attract. […]
How To Get An Audience Back Into The Room
If you’re conducting a workshop anytime soon, you’re going to have one big problem on your hand. The moment you open the doors and let your audience out for a coffee/lunch break, you’ll have a hard time getting them back. And then you become a sheep-dog, having to herd the sheep back into the pen. […]
How To Make A ‘One-Wave’ Presentation
Your brain is like a surfer on the waves. When the surfer sees a big wave coming, he rides that wave. And then he zigs and zags to keep his balance, as the wave rushes madly to shore. But right after the ‘surfer’s wave’ is another wave. And another. And dozens of others. But the […]
Should You Take Questions At The End of Your Presentation?
If you’ve been to a presentation, you’ll find that part of the presenter’s agenda is to take questions at the end. Which means you make your presentation, and then you call for questions—just in case someone needs something clarified or in case your presentation has raised some questions. But do you have to take questions? […]
How The Wrong Example Alienates Your Audience
Examples have a singular goal: They help the reader understand a concept. But could the wrong example actually alienate an audience? And how would you know which kind of example would alienate you? Let’s look at a simple example of a ‘rocking chair.’ So if were to talk about a ‘rocking chair’, for instance, you’d […]
