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Presentation Tips: Start On Time
Want to really annoy your audience and turn them against you even before you begin your presentation? Start late. This week I attended mandatory training that was scheduled for 7:00 pm, which meant...
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Tips For Writing More Effective Email: SEAR
These days it seems that everything needs an acronym. But while acronyms and initialisms used to exist to make complex terms and phrases (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) into words that...
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Tips For Writing More Effective Email: Plan Before You Start Writing
Having a strategy for your email doesn’t mean that you’re trying to pull something sneaky–though sometimes that’s exactly what you want to do. Sure, there are times when you want to wait to send an...
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Jerry Seinfeld On Hecklers: Kill Them With Kindness
Most presenters won’t ever have to deal with a real heckler, the truly obnoxious jerk who feels entitled to interrupt and openly question your material or your value as a human being. (I suspect this...
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Presentation Tips: Dealing With Fear Of Public Speaking
Stage fright and fear of public speaking aren’t exactly the same thing, but they are so closely related that suggestions for coping with one are often helpful for dealing with the other. This short...
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Sherlock’s Toughest Case: How To Write An Unforgettable Best Man Speech
It turns out Sherlock Holmes is human after all. The proof? Public speaking torments him as much as it does the rest of us. Holmes has been unmasking murderers, saving the Crown Jewels, and exposing...
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They Have You At “Hello”: Be Aware Of Your Public Speaking Voice
Here’s one more thing for presenters to worry about; research shows that listeners will judge a speaker based on listening to their voice after just half a second. Perhaps even more astonishingly,...
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Confidence Makes You More Persuasive (Even When You’re Totally Wrong)
One of the most important strategies for all presenters (especially those who are nervous about public speaking) is to make sure they are an expert on their topic. When you know your subject matter...
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Bill Murray’s Impromptu Bachelor Party Speech
Here’s Bill Murray wandering into a stranger’s bachelor party and giving the rowdy guys the thrill of their lives–no strippers necessary. It’s a short clip, but that’s part of what makes it great....
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Vampires In Tennis?: Ask For The Question To Be Repeated
Answering questions during or after a presentation can be stressful, and sometimes it’s hard to even hear what you’re being asked. If there’s a language problem, if you’re not sure what you’ve heard,...
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