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Bring Popcorn To Your Next Powerpoint - Imbed A Video Into Your Presentation (Popularity:  )
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"Their eyes seem to glaze over anytime I mention showing our PowerPoint," said Paul. His concern was real and I soon found out why. "We have a presentation coming with a Fortune 50 company; I don't want them taking a nap during our presentation. We need to get and keep their attention," said Paul. "How can we do that, Joe?"
Paul's concern is common with a lot of my clients. Even ...
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Charismatic Communication: Conceptual Entrapment - How Metaphor Governs Our Lives (Popularity: )
A large body of research has been conducted into what is termed by cognitive scientists as metaphor. So as not to muddy the waters, think of metaphor as a template or lens through which you view the world. Cognitive scientists have been systematically unpacking the significance of conceptual metaphor in our daily lives since the sixties.
Those scholars propose that metaphors are not simply playthings of the mind, but are a ...
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Charismatic Communication: Conceptual Entrapment - How Metaphor Governs Our Lives (Part 2) (Popularity: )
Language can be an important way people reveal their conscious and unconscious models of the world. Listening for linguistic markers can allow you to build up a reasonably accurate picture of another person’s outlook and understanding of the world. They may not be conscious of how they are presenting their worldview, however it is a simple task to match linguistic markers with behaviour and then test for accuracy.
Metaphors that are ...
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Effective Presentation Skills - 3 Tips to Engage Our Audience (Popularity: )
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The process of engaging our audience goes beyond the simple act of speaking in public. Many public speakers fail to engage their audiences with their enthusiasm or knowledge of their subject -- just being on the podium does not guarantee that we will make the all-important audience engagement. But, with an understanding of some techniques and a feeling for the dynamics of an audience we can become much more effective. ...
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Engaging Your Audience: Successful Techniques For Your Workshop (Popularity: )
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Standing in front of a group of people, you might begin to get a little nervous. Nothing throws an audience as much as a nervous speaker. The anxiety in your voice sends a message that you don’t know the material as much as you want people to think you do. It might not be true. But, that’s the way it comes across.
Reducing your anxiety level then is the first step ...
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Five Fixes for Your Business Card (Popularity: )
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A Business card is one of the most important and cost-effective marketing tools a business can have, especially if you're just starting out. But all too often it's a missed opportunity to make a great impression. A powerful and well-designed business card can effectively promote your business.
Here are five tips for businesspeople that make their own business cards. Apply these and you'll be well on your way to having a ...
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How Not to Present: Top 3 Presenting Don'ts (Popularity: )
Yesterday I had the singular displeasure of sitting through a particularly bad presentation, so bad that I had to write this article as a form of catharsis (see: Aristotle). Without further ado, here are my Top 3 Presenting Don'ts:
Reading off a slide or other presentation materials - This might be my biggest pet peeve: When someone just stands there and reads directly off of what they are presenting. PowerPoint presentations ...
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How To Use Eye Contact In A Presentation (Popularity: )
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Articles about public speaking often talk about the 'audience' as if it is one single entity, thinking and perceiving as one. This can make it very easy to overlook the obvious fact, that from an individual member of the audience's perspective, we never actually present to an audience at all. In reality, we only ever speak to a collection of independently thinking individuals and that each of these people will ...
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Illusion of the First Time - Keys to Giving a Truly "Live" Performance (Popularity: )
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When I teach presentation skills to professional people--either in a seminar or through my personal coaching--I explain the long-standing theatre phrase, "Illusion of the First Time." Here's the meaning: When an actor performs in a play for the 10th, 100th or 1,000th time, he or she must create the illusion that this is the first time the actor has said these words, used these gestures and facial expressions or thought ...
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Invest on Presentation Folder Printing For Business Growth (Popularity: )
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Presentation folder printing is a grand way to launch a new idea to your consumer. Presentation folders are extremely professional material having the provision for holding a bunch of papers and brochures and other documents. Presentation folders are used at executive meetings or board meetings and are very helpful in all business discussions and meetings, where you need to present various documents to make the meeting successful.
Presentation folders give the ...
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