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1 Essential Tip for Presenting in the Twitterverse
Audiences are more distracted and impatient than ever. They expect much more in a lot less time. How do you make sure your message is remembered in the age of the Twitterverse? 1 Essential Tip Eliminate the filler! Imagine two key audience members arrive late for your...
7 Ways to Present in a 5-Minute Huddle
5-minute “huddles” are the new meeting trend. As Sue Shellenbarger reported in The Wall Street Journal (11/08/2017), “Long-winded monologues and Power Points are out. There is no room for small talk.” … Meetings are all about “distilling … ideas and requests to … the...
Are Women Judged More Harshly by the Way They Speak?
Are women leaders and business professionals judged by the way they speak? If you’re answer is no, think again. Female presenters are held to a different, often more stringent, set of criteria than their male counterparts. Remember the last time you heard a...
1 Way to Short-Circuit Presentation Nerves
Winner or Loser? It all depends on how you edit. At The Speaking Intensive℠ the most common answer to the question: What do you like least about speaking? is Nerves. One way to help short-circuit presentation nerves ... AVOID THE LOSER EDIT. Urban Dictionary...
The Third Rail of Business Presenting
In more normal times a Presidential Award would be an impressive credential - pure and simple. Yet when the speaker’s introduction specified his award came from “President Barack Obama,” the man in the row ahead folded his arms and angrily said: “He just lost me!” Had...
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