Common PowerPoint mistakes—and how to fix them
Are the eyes in your audience busily trying to read all those words you’ve jammed into your slides or, worse yet, glazing over? Here’s help in overcoming those blunders.
Are the eyes in your audience busily trying to read all those words you’ve jammed into your slides or, worse yet, glazing over? Here’s help in overcoming those blunders.
Prepping for an on-air interview or a live presentation? The adrenaline rush can do more than charge you up; it can also spike feelings of apprehension. Try these soothing tactics.
A recent study of popular TED talks reveals why some speakers captivate audiences better than others. Do you possess any of these qualities?
No non-starters here: Try these techniques for launching your talk with a bang.
These guidelines can help make your presentation engaging, yet clear and easy to follow.
Your presentation is your chance to reach many minds, as well as the many other minds that your audience might share with. That can fall apart, though, if you undermine your own efforts.
Your presentation is your chance to reach many minds, as well as the many other minds that your audience might share with. That can fall apart, though, if you undermine your own efforts.
Panicking and getting louder are not the proper remedies. Instead, try these techniques to gain and retain the eyes and ears of your assembled devotees.
Panicking and getting louder are not the proper remedies. Instead, try these techniques to gain and retain the eyes and ears of your assembled devotees.
Why have most of the best speeches over the last few years been on gay rights? The answer to that question is the secret to great speechwriting.
Why have most of the best speeches over the last few years been on gay rights? The answer to that question is the secret to great speechwriting.
Begin with a bang, not a whimper. These techniques will engage your audience from your very first sentence.
An error-free script doesn’t mean you’ll give a perfect speech. Instead, it destroys the vital inner life of your message. Want to avoid looking like a cardboard cut-out? Read this.
These storytelling mistakes will cause your audience to disengage—or never engage in the first place. Here are common blunders that rookies and veterans alike should avoid.
If delivering a presentation gives you the jitters, the willies or the dreaded heebie-jeebies, try these scientific approaches to chilling out so you can wow your audience.