Tag Archives: Effective Presentations

Speak Up!

By Phil Stella | Published: May 3, 2016

One easy way to become a more engaging audience-centric presenter us to effectively harness your Vocal Power and simply Speak Up! Volume, inflection and rate of speaking combined can significantly impact your audience’s attention, interest in your message … and positive impression of you, the messenger. Read More »

Creating Audience Centered Presentations

By Phil Stella | Published: March 3, 2016

Creating Audience-Centered Presentations can be a key to your career success in the job you have … or the job you want. And adding some new, different or better tools to your Workplace Presenter Tool Kits is  simple … but not necessarily easy. Read More »

Slow Down … You Talk Too Fast!

By Phil Stella | Published: November 24, 2015

Once you’re comfortable speaking up with more volume and vocal energy, it’s time to slow you down. An important component of your vocal delivery, your pace or rate of speaking can also impact your audience’s attention, interest and opinion of you. So can your ability to pause effectively. Read More »

Slide Into Success

By Phil Stella | Published: October 8, 2014

I recently engaged in a lively LinkedIn Presentation group discussion about whether or not presenters should use slides. Here’s a summary of my comments, based on years of coaching executives, for you workplace presenters with similar concerns. Read More »

End Strong

By Phil Stella | Published: September 1, 2014

Audience-Centric presentations should end, not just stop. And they should end strong. Introductions are critically important because you’re ‘Telling ‘em what you’re gonna say.’ Now, we focus on the equally important summary or conclusion, where you’re ‘Telling ‘em what you said.’ Read More »

Laugh thru the Pain

By Phil Stella | Published: December 2, 2012

Too many of us have to endure ‘Presentations from Hell’ too often at work. So, enjoy these two clever YouTube clips to help you laugh thru that pain:

1. Lots of amusing hints from Don McMillan about ‘Life after Death by PowerPoint’:

 

2. And ‘Every Presentation Ever’ is why I love coaching people how not to be like this guy:

 

No need to thank me … it’s part of my job.