Archive for June, 2009
Taking advantage of ways to involve the audience
The other week, I was at a big, two-day conference. Hundreds of people were there and the venue was a dedicated conference centre with whizzy technology and all the latest gizmos for audience participation you could want. But what struck me was how little advantage most conference speakers took of the tools available to them to make a bigger and better impact on the audience.
Presenting messages in a visual way through slides or video backs up what speakers say and improves audience understanding and retention by as much as four times.
June 25, 2009
Tags: audience involvement, conference, presenting, slides, technology Posted in: Presenting delivery 
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Preparation 3-step
Sometimes, the most daunting part of a presentation is planning what to say. Where do you start? How do you begin to make sure you get it right. Here are three things you should do right at the outset.
June 13, 2009
Tags: audience, key message, planning Posted in: Presentation content No Comments
Persuade with confidence
If your purpose in presenting is to persuade someone to a particular point of view of convince them to take your advice, they most important thing you need to be able to display is confidence, suggests new research.
A study in which volunteers could ‘buy’ advice from other volunteers to help them answer a question, found [...]
June 8, 2009
Tags: confidence, persuasion, presenting Posted in: General No Comments