If you are like many people, even the thought of delivering a speech in front of an audience will get your palms sweating. The fear of public speaking ranks high among the most common phobias, and for good reason: most of us approach the situation with the wrong mindset, which in turn makes us live out our worst fears in a public forum. As Michael Parker notes in IT’S NOT WHAT YOU SAY: How to Sell Your Message When It Matters Most (A TarcherPerigee paperback; on sale January 2016), our fixation on the content of our words – and not the presentation of ourselves – is what brings us down. Once the Vice-Chairman of London’s Saatchi & Saatchi, and one of the world’s most experienced advertising pitch men, having made more than 1,000 pitches in his successful career, Parker has learned first-hand that an effective presentation, a job interview, or even a speech at a wedding hinges on our ability to portray ourselves as passionate, relatable, and collected. But, if we are focused on what we say, and not how we act, we will fail to persuade our audience. Applied in the boardroom, at the pulpit, or even in conversation, these tenets will help you present better in any situation.
We often spend hours together on stuffs that don’t really matter in your next presentation. You need to unclutter, focus, provide insight and yes, tell a story to convey the big idea. When you stop wasting time on the things that don’t really add any value to you presentation, we finally start adding proper value to the message and objective of your presentation. So here goes a list of things on which you should not even spend a minute. Cheers!
Most projects, presentations or initiatives are driven by facts and features the team believes will help them deliver a product or message. While facts and data are important for setting the stage and communicating goals, they’re rarely what persuades an audience or gets them to take action. In this workshop, you will learn how to use that connection, by teaching basic skills in visual thinking and storytelling that will that transform projects and initiate action.
Storytelling is not only an entertaining source for information, but a way to engage and humanize our messages that helps them stick. Our brains are wired for stories. Like a drug, we seek them out. Good stories create lasting emotional connections that persuade, educate, entertain, and convert consumers into brand loyalists. Here’s another good reason to believe in the power of stories: You don't have a goddamn choice. We spend a third of our waking hours crafting stories, and the rest of the time consuming them. Our brains are always searching for stories. You need stories. You live your life around stories. Your life itself is a story. So, now find out how you can use them to better understand how brands and businesses can use storytelling to increase engagement and sales.
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Karlyn Borysenko and I discuss the elements of putting together an impactful presentation and how to submit them to conferences. Originally presented at Penn State Web - updated and reshared at HighEdWeb 2016 in Memphis Tennessee.
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This document contains slides from a presentation by Andre Woolery on designing effective presentations by making slides visually appealing. The presentation covers various design elements like fonts, color, composition, shapes, and images that can be manipulated to grab audiences' attention and keep them engaged. It provides examples and tips for using these elements like using bold text or different font sizes to create emphasis, leveraging color to attract the eye or accentuate points, and guiding the viewer's eye through slide composition and alignment.
What tools do experts use to create and deliver powerful presentations? We set out to find the answer by interviewing the people we have worked and people we think have interesting views to presentations. Here´s eight tools to replace or complement PowerPoint in your next presentation. If you want to discuss presentation creation or design. Contact: timo@havain.fi / @Timo_Havain (Twitter) / linkedin.com/in/timosorri -
LinkedIn SlideShare keynote author Barry Feldman shares his secrets for writing presentations that convert viewers to leads.
Don't let your blood, sweat, and pixels be overlooked, great creative doesn't sell itself. Every presentation is a story, an opportunity to sell not just your work, but what people actually buy — YOU. This presentation will walk viewers through three core aspects of winning at any presentation, Confidence, Comprehension, and Conviction. These concepts, central to your work as a creative professional, are backed by science and bolstered by thoughts from some of the world’s leading creative professionals.
Tired of losing sales pitches? Look no further, get some timeless advice from high-stakes presentation consultant: Cliff Atkinson on how to throw out your old sales pitch and make your next one count. Download here: http://www.paywithapost.de/pay?id=80eb8437-7393-4e61-b8a6-175d76d9eb5b
What does the future look like? Is it a dark space where we’re suffering from varying degrees of techamphetamine or are we heading towards a Utopian fantasy of abundance and harmony? Understanding that our basic human needs and wants barely change, we explore the future state of a range of topics; from our need for physical sustenance through to our age-long fascination of transcending the limitations of our biology. Looking at the future from a human perspective, our potential for greatness is teetering on a fine line between darkness and hope. We’re banking on the latter.
As every B2B brand turns to content marketing, we're about to be hit by a deluge of... crap. Here's what you can do about it.
This document outlines 50 essential content marketing hacks presented by Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing Inc. at CMWorld. It provides an agenda for the presentation and covers topics such as content planning, measurement, formats, distribution, influencer engagement, repurposing content, and getting sales teams to leverage content. The goal is to provide new tools, tricks and best practices to help convert readers into customers through effective content marketing.
Our COO Leo Widrich spoke at the SaaStr Annual conference on February 9, 2016 and shared some lessons that have helped Buffer grow. The tips range across product, marketing, and general work culture!