Spoken communication is inherently interpersonal. Whether you’re standing in front of hundreds or sitting across from a single person, you’re asking your audience to join you, to listen to you, and to explore ideas with you. You’re inviting them on a journey, through information and implication. You need them with you. And a great way to spark that connection is through meaningful eye contact.
Read MoreWhile we advocate for simple, image-first slides, there are times when complex slides–with graphs, charts, images, and analysis–are unavoidable. In these instances, you need to channel your internal tour guide and tell your audience 3 things:
Read MoreHere’s our 5-step, iterative process to develop and deliver a great presentation…
Read MoreBusiness professionals tasked with important presentations can script a ‘perfect’ presentation, practice it flawlessly, but then stiffen up when presenting to the Board, an important client, or the company. They revert to recitation, their sentences are choppy, their tone is flat, and the presentation no longer feels like a conversation. We call this toggling into ‘presentation mode,’ and it can be a communication liability.
Here are five tips to help you avoid toggling into ‘presentation mode.’
Read MoreYou’ve got your talking points, developed great strategic stories, written an outline, and built a PowerPoint to reinforce your key messages. Heck, you’ve even added a few speaker notes to your slides.
But, you’re not finished.
You need to rehearse.
Read MoreMegan is standing on a stage, in the middle of the most important presentation of her career, facing a sea of perplexed and unengaged faces.
Megan is an expert, and therein lies the problem.
Read MoreThere are communication solutions to make hybrid meetings more effective, engaging, and less frustrating. Rethinking how hybrid meetings run helps everyone, remote and in-person, have their voice heard.
Read MoreRight there on my TV was a critical lesson--that engaging an audience requires careful orchestration of what your audience hears and sees.
Read More“Across 12 studies [an associate professor from University College of London School of Management] found that people could predict VC funding decisions based not on the actual content of entrepreneurs’ pitches but on how they were presented, especially body language and facial expressions.”
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