The Most Important Slide in Your Presentation is No Slide at All

Imagine yourself in the audience as the speaker leads you through his colorful PowerPoint presentation. Midway through his presentation, the screen fades to black, and the speaker is momentarily silent. Where do your eyes go? To the speaker, of course. Silence sweeps over the room as all eyes focus on the speaker and all ears anticipate the next words. You’ve just experienced one of the most important techniques to keep your audience engaged. Read the story »

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Welcome to PublicSpeakingHacks.com, bringing you tools, tricks and advice so you can deliver your next speech with impact, confidence and ease. Public speaking has been critically important to my career and has gone from something I would dread to something I now cherish. Read the story »

PowerPoint Fonts - How to Font-Proof Your Next Presentation

I recently remarked to a colleague that I’ve seen a PowerPoint presentation malfunction of one sort or another at virtually every conference or meeting I have attended. Too often a simple step could have prevented a disastrous result, and this couldn’t be more true for PowerPoint fonts. If you’ve ever spent hours preparing a presentation with thoughtfully selected fonts only to see many of your fonts suddenly change at the moment of truth — when you’re on stage and presenting — then you’ve encountered the PowerPoint font trap. Read the story »