Let’s assume you’ve just created some Best-in-Class slides – the right number with the right content and the right design – to support your message and add value to the audience experience. Great … now it’s time for you to Use Them Wisely!
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Deliver with More Power & Success!
I’m sometimes asked to share a concise overview of my in-depth presentation skill workshop content for a brief conference breakout session or a professional association meeting. So, if you’d like the 30,000 foot view of my Top Ten Presentation Delivery Best Practices, read on …
How Many is Too Many?
Many entrepreneurs strategically use professional, industry and business group involvement to market their services, network and communicate their brand. Such groups offer varying amounts of opportunities for learning, professional development, networking, volunteering and … even socializing.
What Do You Do AFTER Your Elevator Speech?
As Power Networkers, many of us polish our finely crafted Elevator Speeches or 30-second commercials and deliver them with passion and purpose every chance we get. Great. So let’s assume you’ve just done that at a business or professional group networking event … now what do you do?
Slide Into Success
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.
Give Your Readers a Break
A very effective Reader-Centric strategy for your workplace writing is to make it very easy for your readers to read, understand and act on what you write. One way to achieve these results is to use more white space to make your emails and other documents easier to understand and use. This is especially helpful when they’re reading on their phones … and, soon, on their watches.
Follow up Makes the Difference
You’ve just returned from a networking event. You met some people that could potentially help you accomplish your networking objectives and have several business cards. Good for you. Now what do you do?
Shake Well Before Schmoozing!
You can begin making the very best first impression you can on the strangers you meet at a networking event with a winning smile and good eye contact. Then, continue that positive image with a comfortable handshake … and shake well before schmoozing!:
End Strong
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.’
You’re Not Listening!
As workplace communicators, we obviously spend a lot of time each day communicating verbally. Therefore, we spend a lot of time listening … or should. Problem is, we don’t listen very well. Especially those of us Type A Driver Entrepreneurs. Sound familiar? We regularly fall victim to one or more of these seven Barriers to Listening: