Tag: presentations
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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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New Online Video Course: How To Be A GREAT Presenter
I’ve just posted our latest online video course: How To Be A GREAT Presenter. It’s based on my book 100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People. Here’s a little bit of information about the course: For more information on this and all of our other courses: https://courses.theteamw.com
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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…
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Top 10 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People: #2 – Writing By Hand Can Increase Commitment
I remember, many many years ago, when I wrote my Ph.D. thesis in graduate school, my first draft was done by hand (ok, now I’ve admitted that I’m quite old!). Most writing these days is done by typing on a keyboard. I write these blogs directly into my laptop using a keyboard, same thing with the…