Category: presentations
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Are You Presenting Your Data For Maximum Impact?
You’ve collected this great data from your research, you’ve analyzed it and now it’s time to present it to your client, your stakeholders, and/or your team. The data will speak for itself, right? Not necessarily. In this episode of the Human Tech podcast we talk about how to present your data so that it will…
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Scheduling Keynotes And Workshops for 2017
Just a quick note that we’ve started scheduling workshops and keynotes for 2017. We’re excited to be at the Habit Summit on April 4-5 with Nir Eyal, for example. It seems like 2017 is a long way from now, but it will be here before you know it. If you’d like Susan or Guthrie to…
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How To Be A Great Presenter
We’re bringing our How To Be A Great Presenter class to Chicago on October 21, 2014. Want to know if this course is right for you or someone you know? Here’s a short video that gives you a sneak peek at the course.
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How To Get People To Do Stuff: #2 — Break Through A Confirmation Bias
A confirmation bias is a form of “cognitive illusion”. People tend to pay attention to what they already believe and filter out information that doesn’t fit with their opinions and beliefs. You can breakthrough these biases, however. Watch the video to find out how: For more information check out: Daniel Kahneman’s book Thinking Fast And…
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Short Animated Video: 5 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People
To celebrate my latest book: 100 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People, I had my good friends at Truscribe create an animated video with 5 of the 100 Things. Here it is! You can download a poster with the illustration from the video.
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Top Ten Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People: #10 – People Imitate Your Emotions And Feelings
Your facial expressions and body language communicate information and affect how people react to you and your message. They can also cause other people to start feeling a certain way. People imitate what they see — If you are smiling, they will tend to smile; if you are energetic yet relaxed, then your audience will tend…
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Top Ten Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People: #9 — If You Want People To Act You Have To Call Them To Action
Recently I attended a fund raiser. The speaker got up and gave a pretty good speech (I think he could have used a speech coach!), but at the end he didn’t have a call to action. There were people walking around with jars so you could donate, but no one had actually asked for the…
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Top Ten Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People: #8 — People Are Energized When The Room Is Full
There are many subtle and not so subtle ways that people change when they are together. Human behavior is a complex combination of interactions with other people. When people enter a room that is largely empty they will tend to position themselves evenly throughout the room. This means that while they are waiting for the…
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Top 10 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People: #7 — People Assign Meaning To Your Hand Gestures
Everyone “talks” with their hands to some extent. Some people’s hand-talking or gesturing matches their message well. Other people have a tendency to make overly large gestures that can be distracting. Others don’t use their hands much at all. No matter which camp you fall into, it’s important to pay attention to your hand gestures…
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Top 10 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People: #6 — People Need To Feel Safe To Participate
The best performance I’ve ever been to (the best music, dance, theatre, speech — any kind of performance) was by Bobby McFerrin. His performances involve music and extensive audience interaction. I saw him in a 1500-seat theatre in a small city in Wisconsin. The theatre was full, and from the start the audience was appreciative…
