Five Prevalent Errors Working with PowerPoint

You are psyched about your upcoming speech and intend on preparing a sequence of PowerPoint slides for the speech. PowerPoint has grown into a very popular application; quite a few students learn to use it as early as middle school. Regrettably, this does not indicate that PowerPoint is fool-proof. Before you get started planning for your talk, get to know 5 prevalent mistakes regularly made by PowerPoint users. Read more

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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 more

PDF: A Better Way to Distribute & Share Your PowerPoint Presentation

There are many reasons for sharing and distributing your PowerPoint presentation. I’ve found that in most cases, distributing your slides in PDF format has some important advantages, both for you and your presentation’s recipients. Read more

Review: Monster Outlets To Go Powerstrip

In the era of what was supposed to be flying cars and interstellar travel, I spend way too much time on my hands and knees groping in the dark and dust for a free electrical outlet under conference room tables, in presentation halls, and hotel rooms. Now, for less than 20 bucks I’ve got an ingenious compact power strip that is actually designed for the real world. Read more

Welcome to Public Speaking Hacks!

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 more