http://publicspeakinghacks.com Tools, tricks and advice for delivering your next speech with impact, confidence and ease Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:50:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whatever your speaking level, here's 46 minutes you'll enjoy and benefit from. Recorded from a live presentation, Terri Sjodin presents New Sales Speak: The 9 Biggest Sales Presentation Mistakes & How to Avoid Them. This highly-rated presentation by top speaking pro Terri Sjodin is both a blinding flash of the ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~4/293830250" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~3/293830250/ http://publicspeakinghacks.com/review-the-9-biggest-sales-presentation-mistakes-how-to-avoid-them/ 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 ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~4/293042739" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~3/293042739/ http://publicspeakinghacks.com/the-most-important-slide-in-your-presentation-is-no-slide-at-all/ 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. If your presentation stands on its own statically, without dynamic elements such as animations, transitions and media, ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~4/292335936" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~3/292335936/ http://publicspeakinghacks.com/pdf-a-better-way-to-distribute-share-your-powerpoint-presentation/ 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 ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~4/292306882" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~3/292306882/ http://publicspeakinghacks.com/review-monster-outlets-to-go-powerstrip/ What are two of the most important pieces of advice a speaker gets? At the top of my list: Timing. Staying within your time budget will certainly please the audience and conference organizer. Additionally, knowing you don't have to rush through your talk helps keep you stress-free, allowing you to ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~4/291941783" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~3/291941783/ http://publicspeakinghacks.com/review-logitech-24-ghz-cordless-presenter/ 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. I'm not a "professional speaker," but I am ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~4/291905840" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~3/291905840/ http://publicspeakinghacks.com/welcome-to-public-speaking-hacks/ 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 ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~4/289943457" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/publicspeakinghacks/~3/289943457/ http://publicspeakinghacks.com/powerpoint-fonts-how-to-avoid-on-screen-disaster/