Presentation Tip: Sharing your presentation online

Recently I offered some ways that you could turn your PowerPoint presentation into a video that could be sent to others or posted to the web...

Presentation Tip: Paperless Handouts

Is it possible to replace the paper handouts we use for our presentations with a more environmentally friendly electronic version that the a...

Presentation Tip: Stand-alone presentations

This summer one of my clients asked me how to make stand-alone presentations effective. They often have to send their PowerPoint file to a p...

Presentation Tip: Don't start with an apology

It happens at too many conferences every day. A speaker starts with an apology, and by doing so, sets the wrong tone for their presentation....

Presentation Tip: Presenting legal/regulatory quotes

Yesterday I spoke to a conference of real estate and legal professionals about how to create more effective PowerPoint slides when giving tr...

Presentation Tip: Repurpose your presentation as a web video

If you read the statistics about online video, you will see that online video is growing dramatically. And it is not just people watching fu...

Presentation Tip: Determining the goal of your presentation is hard

The foundation of every presentation should be a clear statement of the goal of the presentation. While I am sure you would agree with this,...

Presentation Tip: Presenting software/website usage

Have you seen a presenter attempt a live demonstration of software or a website? Too often the demo goes wrong, with the software locking up...

Presentation Tip: Presenting a recommendation

In most cases, there is more than one possible solution for a problem. When you have been asked to investigate possible solutions and presen...

Presentation Tip: Make slides easy to see

There is no point using slides if the audience won’t be able to figure out what is on them. While this may sound obvious, I see too many pre...

5 cách thuyết trình thành công

Để khách hàng tiềm năng mua hàng, bạn cần phải thuyết phục họ. Nhưng làm sao để có thể thuyết trình thành công? Lắng nghe trước khi thuyết t...

Presentation Tip: Prepare for questions or concerns

It would be rare for a business presentation to be given and have no questions from the audience during or after the presentation. I am not ...

7 cách tuyệt vời để bắt đầu bài thuyết trình

Thu hút sự quan tâm của khán giả ngay từ đầu buổi thuyết trình bằng chỉ dẫn sau đây và bạn sẽ có một sự khởi đầu hiệu quả Tạo quan hệ Nếu b...

Presentation Tip: How to use “About Us” information

In a past article I spoke about the way to structure a sales presentation and suggested that the information about your firm should come af...

Presentation Tip: Create presentation visuals based on lessons from grade school

This is the last week of school for our kids and many kids in North America are finishing or have just completed their school year. Some of ...

Presentation Tip: Solving problems caused by embedding

Many presenters don’t realize that PowerPoint embeds or links to other files or information in ways that can cause problems. They may have e...

Presentation Tip: Preparing for status update presentations

One of the most common types of presentations that professionals have to make is a status update type of presentation. You are working on an...

Presentation Tip: Don’t use numbers just because you have them

You are a presenter who deals with a lot of numbers. Maybe they are financial results, operational analysis, or market research. You live in...

Presentation Tip: Choose a boring font

A lot of presentation designers have made comments in the last year or two about what font you should choose for your PowerPoint slides. Alm...

Presentation Tip: Case study/Success story slides

In any presentation where you are selling ideas, products or services, your audience will want to know that you can actually solve their pro...

Presentation Tip: The one question a sales presentation must answer

Last week I was reviewing a sales presentation someone sent me. They are pitching their services to a major prospective client and they know...