(We draw to an end this year of revisiting content from ‘Phil’s All Time Hits,Volume #1 with more very popular pieces. Consider them my holiday gift to you. We’ll start with my favorite rant about Presentation Anxiety)
How many of you experience pain when you deliver presentations at work? How many hate speaking in public? I see a lot of hands up, so let’s briefly discuss five simple strategies for managing your fears and your Presentation Anxiety.
(Time for a re-run on this popular overview piece from 2019)
Do you ever experience pain in creating and delivering important workplace presentations? Do your audiences experience pain listening to those presentations? If you answered ‘yes’, read on for a brief overview of Presentation Best Practices. They can help you present with more confidence … and less pain for you and for them.
How you stand when delivering an in-person presentation can harness physical power and project confidence, credibility and competence to the audience … or not. Because your audience only knows what it sees, your stance can be a great natural visual aid. It can also show nervousness or lack of confidence very quickly and clearly. So … look the part you’re playing – a confident and credible presenter.
I really love the ‘Power of the Three Es’. Your workplace audiences expect and deserve presentations that are ‘Effective, Efficient and Engaging’, so don’t let them down. And remember the ‘Fourth E’, so necessary to achieve those results – Effort.
Looks like our summary of Gesturing ‘Worst Practices’ last month was a big hit … except for those people who though I was talking about them. As promised, this month we do a deep dive on Gesturing Best Practices that you can add to your Presenter Tool Kits to add dynamic Sizzle to your Gestures. So, hang on – it will be a fast ride.
(This month, we rerun a popular feature from last year. So, take a second look at Gestures.)
How good are your presentation gestures? Want to find out? I see a lot of hands up, so let’s start with a brief summary of Gesturing ‘Worst Practices’. It should be an interesting and mildly amusing trip, but may hit too close to home. Then next month, we’ll focus on Best Practice skills to fix the problems.
For the last two years, we’ve been asking critical questions about your workplace presentations and sales pitches and providing simple Best Practices to answer them.
Looks like our summary of Gesturing ‘Worst Practices’ last month was a big hit, except for those people who though I was talking about them. As promised, this month we do a deep dive on Gesturing Best Practices that you can add to your Presenter Tool Kits to add dynamic Sizzle to your Gestures. So, hang on – it will be a fast ride.
Another of my favorite … and often-repeated … concepts from my training and coaching engagements: ‘Perception is Reality’ with audiences. All they know is what they see and hear. If you look and sound like you’re comfortable, credible and competent, you are!’ Use with my compliments and stay tuned for more ‘Phil’s Faves’ next month. And … … Read more
Last month’s feature on ‘Message in the Middle’ was a real hit, based on reader comments and questions. As promised, here are some message-related Best Practices to help you make sure your message still doesn’t suck: