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How to Present Successfully to Multi-Generations
Google “How to Present to Multi-Generations” and you’ll see a results list containing loads of information on managing, engaging and motivating. In financial services and other industries, mastering the challenge of successfully presenting ideas, concepts and data in...
2 Strategies for Managing Nerves When Speaking
There are two types of speakers in this world: those who get nervous and those who are liars. ... Mark Twain At The Speaking Intensive℠ one of the first topics we work with is how to manage nerves when speaking. While we explore many different strategies, this blog...
The #1 Best Way to Present from Behind the Lectern
What is the #1 best way to present from behind the lectern? Take a half-step back. One that is wide enough to put some distance between the lectern and you, yet close enough to maintain visual contact with your notes and vocal contact with the microphone, unless you...
Move Over “UH”, “UM” & “AH”. “SO” Is Taking Over.
In The Speaking Intensive, Lisa and I have seen noticed a trend of using a new non-word to start a presentation, link presentation segments and fill pauses. Move over "UH", "UM" & "AH". "SO" is in the house! While "SO" obviously has legitimate uses as a...
Risky Business: How Audience Capture Can Sabotage Your Presentation
Don't let your audience or hosts "capture" you and ruin your presentation. Great speaking starts with moving from the all too common mindset of Here I Am – my ideas, my thoughts, my goals, my objectives – to coming from a place of There You Are, where you can focus on...
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