Super Preparation - Keys to Getting a Great Start to Every Presentation

Novice and expert presenters alike have had the experience of feeling a little (or may be a lot) nervous before giving a talk. Since the opening of any presentation is critical to the message and the presenter’s credibility, and since this is often when presenters are most nervous and cautious, it makes sense to have strategies to make that opening the best it can be.

Wow! Is That ME? - Creating a Powerful One-Page Bio

Your bio is an important part of how you present yourself to potential clients. A bio sheet is a one page description of who you are--your background and achievements. You may include it in your media kit, in proposals to clients, and anywhere you want to establish your credibility and expert reputation.

How Storytelling Can Grow Your Business

What can stories do for you and your business? Stories can educate customers about a need they have and how you fill it, subtly demonstrate your expertise, create empathy, suggest new uses for your products, train new customers and employees, and motivate listeners to take action.

Too Many Choices - Don't Confuse Your Customers

Conventional wisdom is that the more choices customers have, the more likely they will buy. However, often having lots of choices just confuses customers and they don't buy anything.

Media Training 101: Mastering the Television Interview

Are you winning the media game? Is your message getting across through the media? Discover how to be better at dealing with the media, especially doing TV interviews. A good reason to do media training to master TV interviews is because it can save time, money and stress by updating your skills before the media calls.

Practice Makes Perfect - 7 Tips for Making the Most of Your Presentation Practice

Preparation is a better determinant of presentation success than knowledge, experience, or even talent. The best presenter is almost always the presenter who is the most prepared. Even so, there are a lot of conflicting ideas about what constitutes thorough presentation preparation. This article provides seven great tips for preparing a winning presentation.

Sharpening Your Presentation Skills

Regardless of the nature of our job or social standing, sooner or later we will be called upon to make a presentation of one sort or the other. To sharpen your skills, whet your audience's appetite for more, and educate them, organize your presentation by keeping them in mind. To help you do just that, here are some tips to consider.

Conducting Successful Training Activities

Whether you are training preschoolers in the classroom or executives in the board room, here are 15 premises you might want to keep in mind the next time you're designing training activities.

Ten Fun Ways to Liven up Any Presentation

Most of us would agree that having humor in our lives increases rapport, strengthens our relationships and overcomes communication barriers. People who work in a positive, often playful environment a...

Media Training 101: Where To Look During A Television Interview

Media training is essential for anyone who needs to get their message across via the media. Reporters spend three or four years being trained how to ask questions. Yet most people get no media training at all and some a one or two day training course. The most common question people ask during media training, especially during Television interviews, is where to look. This article answers that question.

Transitions: Building Bridges to Your Points

Do you lose your train-of-thought? It's usually not because you don't know the next point. It's because you don't know what to say to get from point A to point B. Learn the secret.

Facilitating Panel Discussions

Facilitating or moderating a panel looks easy but it takes practice to make it appear seamless. Here's how to keep control.

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...