7 Myths That Make Meetings Miserable

You can hold effective meetings and become a more successful leader if you fix these monsters. Here's how.

How To Make Your Best Ever Presentation

The most important tip...EVER! Make sure that you always think of your audience - when preparing your talk, writing it and presenting it. Put yourself in the audience's position at all times and you...

Present for Success: Simple Strategies to Add Confidence and Credibility to Your Next Presentation

Tomorrow’s the day and you’re dreading it. You’re scheduled to give a presentation to the senior management team about the new program you’re proposing. You’re excited and enthusiastic about the prog...

Is Now Really the Time to Hire a Professional Speaker?

Professional speakers fill a very real and critical gap, especially in the tough economic times we now face, further clouded by the advent of an unexpected war of a kind we have never before fought. The darker the future, the greater the need to instill hope in our people and to provide them with the cutting edge knowledge and tools they require to get the job done when faced with diminished manpower and other resources.

Choosing the Right Work Shirts for Your Small Business

Company attire says a lot about your business philosophy to your customer. Company shirts project professionalism and advertising. Too loud of a shirt turns people off and certain colors tend to washout your message.

Cell Phone Do's And Don't During A Meeting

What would we do without our cell phones? Wow, there’s a scary question. It’s hard to imagine a world without them. But cell phones, connected as they may keep us, seem to have an amazing power to disturb and trump face to face interaction. For example, why is it that during a meal or a meeting, people insist on taking every call? Even worse, just let the phone ring? They forget all about the person across the table as if they were invisible!

A Discussion about Facilitation Skills

Interview with Julia Apple-Smith, Manager of Employee Development at Sauer-Danfoss Ames, Iowa about Facilitation Skills.

Audience-Friendly Presentation Style Habits in Three Easy Steps

Habits are automatic behaviors; we use them in presentations without realizing it, and some of these habits can turn off your audience. Learn new audience-friendly presentation style habits in three easy steps.

I Love the Smell of PowerPoint in the Morning: The 5 Sensory Approach to Business Presentations

You’re in a conference room. You’re giving a PowerPoint presentation to several of your colleagues... and your boss. On a scale of 1 to 5, how sensual is this experience? And just how important is sensuality in business-related PowerPoint presentation?

Is This Thing On? Keeping Your Audience's Attention

Eliminating distractions and eliciting feedback make for a professional and effective presentation. Here are a few tips to accomplish both. A focused and concentrated audience will make your job as a trainer easier and their feedback will help you develop your skills in the future.

Watch Out For Power Thieves

When you have to speak to a group or do a presentation, do you ever find yourself saying things like,

Top Ten Tips For Better Business Presentations To Asian Audiences

Includes tips from international business speaker Thomas Murrell MBA CSP on how to prepare for presentations for an Asian audience.

Can Your Powerpoint Presentation Rival TV Advertising?

Can your Powerpoint Presentation Rival TV Advertising? Find out secret marketing strategies that TV Commercials use to create excitement and results!