Secrets of Power Presentations top ten for 2009


"Secrets of Power Presentations" by Peter Urs Bender made the Books for Business Top Ten List for 2009 - as reported in the Globe in Mail.


This book is a simple guide to more persuasive and effective business presentations. It is currently in limited supply. This book was first published in 1991 and has made the Books for Business Top Ten List many times.


Watch for the new revised issue out in 2010.




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Power Presentation Tips 27: Paint Word Pictures

Power Presentation Tips 27

Paint word pictures

A powerful way to create visuals within the minds of your audience is with picture words. The best presenters learn to master this technique because it is so effective.

Tear down this wall
See the imagery in this line from President Ronald Reagan's (Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall) speech at the Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin in 1987.

"From the Baltic, south, those barriers cut across Germany in a gash of barbed wire, concrete, dog runs and guard towers."


War of the Worlds
Visualize this scene from H.G, Wells' book, War of theWorlds:

"The end of the cylinder was being screwed out from within. Nearly two feet of shining screw projected. Somebody blundered against me, and I narrowly missed being pitched onto the top of the screw. I turned, and as I did so the screw must have come out, for the lid of the cylinder fell upon the gravel with a ringing concussion. I stuck my elbow into the person behind me, and turned my head towards the Thing again. For a moment that circular cavity seemed perfectly black. I had the sunset in my eyes."

What's Cooking?
Another place to find inspiration for visual language is in cookbooks. Can you see how to prepare this Almond Toffee recipe?

"Line the rectangular cookie sheet with tin foil and broken almonds. In large sauce pan melt butter, sugar, and water. Stir continuously, with a wooden spoon, until mixture reaches a caramel color, and pour gently over nuts and spread to cover. Let set, about 1 hour, and break into irregular pieces. Bite, chew slowy and savor the taste. Lick fingers when done."

Now review your presentation for opportunities to add more color and imagery. Transform your words into paint brushes to decorate the canvas of your listeners' minds.

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Use the microphone when you present


Use the microphone:



  • If there are more than 40 people in the room.

  • If the speakers before you used the microphone.

  • If it is a large room.

  • If you are soft spoken.


  • If the room has bad acoustics.


  • If you have something important to say.


  • If you want to play with your vocal nuances.

If any of the above is true - Use the microphone.

Your audience will hear you better.

Forget the macho “I don’t need a microphone” stuff.

Use the microphone.
Your audience will hear you better.
It is easier on your throat.
You can make better use of your vocal range.

Use the microphone.
It is your friend.

Naturally you will need to practice with a microphone to use it right. It is a tool and all tools require knowledge, skills and practice for best results.



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Public Speaking for the Holidays: Beware

Like weddings and funerals, the holidays gather people together. Often people who don’t really want to be together. The holidays might collect family, friends, neighbors, colleagues and business associates.

These holiday gatherings often lead to unplanned speeches. The formula of unplanned speeches, unpolished public speakers, holiday cheer and mixed emotions can be embarrassing, explosive or just plain painful.

You are public speaking any time that you are speaking to more than one person. Read these tips for your holiday speeches.

If you suspect that you will be expected to speak then prepare your speech. If you are the host, the group leader, organizer or most colorful character – you will be expected to speak. Write a few key words or names on an index card.

The most likely speeches for the holidays include:

  1. Welcome
  2. Thank you
  3. Cheers
  4. Congratulations
  5. Enjoy


Keep your presentation as short as possible. For example if you are giving a toast – it could be “We each have our own reasons to celebrate this holiday season. I thank you for celebrating together.”

Do not tell a joke. Most likely it will not be appropriate. If it might offend one person then it is inappropriate. Just remember that even the best comedians have bombed.

It’s best to schedule the speeches before the drinking starts. If you’ve started drinking keep your speech to one or a few words or decline.

Do not present your imitation of the boss, grandpa or Mary from accounting. Just imagine how you would feel if the next speaker did an imitation of your or your spouse.

No one came for the speeches. Keep it short. (I can’t say this enough.) Your goal is to have your speech quickly forgotten. People will forget your speech as long as you don’t embarrass or offend them.

Holidays are for celebration regardless of how tough the year was, how much you hate your cousin or how badly the turkey was burned. If you can’t bring yourself to say two positive words – then say one positive word. Then shut up and sit down.

Holiday speeches are not for kissing up to the boss, criticizing, bragging or being sarcastic.

Celebrate, be thankful then shut up so the rest can celebrate and be thankful too. They will celebrate the holidays and be thankful that you’re finished your speech.

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Power Presentations Tip 26: Schedule the Questions

Power Presentations Tip 26:

Schedule the Questions

Allow and encourage your audience to ask you questions.

Why?
They are more engaged and therefore will learn or buy more.
It will make your presentation feel more like a conversation.
They might have gaps in their understanding that prevent them from accepting your message.
It allows them to test and you to demonstrate your deeper understanding of the topic.

When should you accept questions?
There is no right time. You might take questions ad hoc throughout or only during scheduled question periods. You might have one or several question periods. It depends on the presentation topic, style and length. A long presentation should allow for several question periods. It also depends on the audience style, level of understanding and mindset.
The important thing is to tell the audience how and when you will take questions and then follow your stated rules.

Beware
You should never end on the question period. You should always end with your closing statement. You could take questions near the end of the presentation. Then you end the question period and close with your prepared close. That way you finish strong and as planned.
If you end on the question period you take the risk that the last question might be a negative or weak question. Have you ever seen a presenter end with questions and then shrug and say, "Well I guess that's all."Want a terrible way to end a presentation.

If you are using designated question periods then warn listeners that the question period is coming up. That way they can mentally prepare their questions and be ready.
Questions demonstrate interest and engagement. Be clear on how you will schedule questions.

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CAPS Convention 2009 Calgary

CAPS Convention 2009 in Calgary

If you are in the business of professional speaking then the event of the year is the annual convention of your national professional speakers' association.

As a Canadian speaker, I am an active member of the Canadian Assocation of Professional Speakers, (CAPS). I was there at the first CAPS convention in Toronto 14 years ago. I'm not sure of that date. Naturally I will attend the upcoming CAPS convention in Calgary this month.

Professional speakers include trainers, facilitators and keynote speakers. Many of our members also coach, consult and write. The common thread of CAPS is professional speaking. Many professional speakers are often referred to as motivational speakers. Although some speakers don't like that label the truth is that people need to feel motivated to listen, learn and act.

Attendance is open to non-members - but hurry it's this weekend in Calgary.

This is not the place to learn how to speak in public although presentation techniques are usually featured as one topic. The main reason to attend the CAPS convention is to learn more about improving your speaking business. You might be inspired by the keynote presentations, learn ideas from the workshops and especially pick up creative and effective ideas from the other speakers at this convention. As professional speakers we tend to share our best ideas openly.

Are you a professional speaker? Then in Canada this is the event for you.

See you at the CAPS convention.
See details about the CAPS convention here.

George Torok
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Selling Your Ideas to Senior Management

Polish Up Your Public Speaking Skills in Advance!
By Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE

It's no secret—the higher up the corporate ladder you go, the more important your public speaking skills become.

If you have your sights set on increased responsibility and the job title and salary that go with them, you will need to position yourself ahead of the crowd—in advance. At all stages of your career you need to sell yourself, your ideas, your value, and your ability. To position yourself for promotion, learn what it takes to sell yourself and your ideas to senior management.

Perhaps you're already speaking up in team meetings and getting your ideas across effectively. If so, how do you feel about facing a room full of senior management or at least 5 around a board room table, all staring at you? What is different? Well, for one thing the stakes are higher. All business communications are important, but with senior management as your audience, you are in the hot seat. Who wouldn't be nervous?

Don't worry. You are human. This is a perfectly natural way to feel. Remember, they can't see how you feel, only how you look and act. You want them to focus on and consider your proposals, not your anxiety. And you'll look cool and collected when you follow these Frippicisms for dealing with senior management.

Seven Fripp Do's

1. Practice. A report to senior managers is not a conversation; however, it must sound conversational. Once you have your notes, practice by speaking out loud to an associate, or when you are driving to work, or on the treadmill. Make sure you are familiar with what you intend to say. It is not about being perfect. It is about being personable. (Remember, rehearsal is the work; performance is the relaxation.)

2. Open with your conclusions. Don't make your senior level audience wait to find out why you are there.

3. Describe the benefits if your recommendation is adopted. Make these benefits seem vivid and obtainable.

4. Describe the costs, but frame them in a positive manner. If possible, show how not following your recommendation will cost even more...

5. List your specific recommendations, and keep it on target. Wandering generalities will lose their interest. You must focus on the bottom line. Report on the deals, not the details.

6. Look everyone in the eye when you talk. You will be more persuasive and believable. (You can't do this if you are reading!)

7. Be brief. The fewer words you can use to get your message across, the better. Jerry Seinfeld says, "I spend an hour taking an eight-word sentence and making it five." That's because he knows it would be funnier. In your case, shorter is more memorable and repeatable.

Three Fripp Don'ts

1. Don't try to memorize the whole presentation. Memorize your opening, key points, and conclusion. Practice enough so you can "forget it." This helps retain your spontaneity.

2. Never, never read your lines—not from a script and not from PowerPoint® slides. Your audience will go to sleep.

3. Don't wave or hop. Don't let nervousness (or enthusiasm) make you too animated—but don't freeze. Don't distract from your own message with unnecessary movement.

Where to Start

1. What is the topic or subject you are reporting on? Be clear with yourself so you can be clear with your audience.

2. Why is your topic important enough to be on the busy agenda of senior level managers?

3. What questions will your audience be asking? Can you answer them early in your presentation?

Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
Sales Presentation Trainer, Keynote Speaker, Executive Speech Coach - Patricia coaches clients on the three essential aspects of presentation: simplifying organization, mastering content, and perfecting delivery.

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Fripp always offers powerful advice on business presentations. I have learned much from her over the years and always enjoy watching her speak.

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Power Presentations Tip 25: Hold Attention

Power Presentations Tip 25:

How do you hold attention?

The reality is that you don't hold attention for long. The best you can probably do is to capture the attention of your audience from time to time.

If you think that everyone is paying attention to everything you say - you are deluding yourself. When you present you are competing with everything else going on in each individual's brain. Everyone's brain operates much faster than you can speak which means that their brain gets bored and searches for something else to think about.

Not only are you competing with the super computing power of the human brain - people today have shorter attention spans than just a few years ago. That's due to the speed of technology, pace of life and barrage of incoming messages in many formats.

What can you do?
Include spaced changes during your presentation. The changes recapture the attention of your audience.

What kind of changes?

  • Change your voice. Speak in a higher or deeper tone.
  • Change the pace. Speak faster or slower.
  • Change the cadence by varying your speaking rhythm.
  • Change the sentence structure from statements to posing a question.
  • Change your body position by shifting your stance or taking a couple steps.
  • Change your body language by making a gesture with your hands.
  • Change the focus of attention by using a visual prop.
  • Change the speaker by engaging a listener to ask a question or make a comment.
  • Change the state of your listeners by making them laugh, take notes or respond.
Sprinkle these changes like spice liberally throughout your presentation. It's the spice that will capture their attention again and again. State your important points right after a change.

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Forbes: To Lead, Tell a Story

To Lead, Tell A Story
By Christian D'Andrea and Adam Nemett
Forbes.com

Storytelling has always helped people deal with change. As civilizations ebb and flow, stories are the essential tools that help us calibrate our humanity, rally our spirit and thrive in crisis. They help us remember who we are and imagine what we can be.

Lucius Cincinnatus was a Roman leader who came to his nation's defense and then spurned a dictatorship and returned to his farm as soon as he had saved Rome. George Washington knew and loved Cincinnatus' story, and so did many of his countrymen. Having led the fledgling U.S. through storms that nearly tore the country apart, Washington returned to his own farm, possibly his greatest act of leadership. In so doing, he struck a profound blow for the republic, sending a clear message that the leaders of the new country could not be kings.

Washington was widely compared to Cincinnatus. He became the first president of the Society of the Cincinnati, an organization of Revolutionary War veterans who honored the comparison with Cincinnatus. America drew on the story of the Roman general as we draw on the story of George Washington. Stories are the fuel cells that store our shared resilience and ideals. We draw on those fuel cells in times of crisis.

Corporations need culture-shaping stories just as nations do, because stories can be much more than entertaining yarns. They can be engines driving real change at the highest organizational levels.

A recent Gallup Management Journal article, "Four Disciplines of Sustainable Growth," suggests that identifying and highlighting key moments in corporate history "creates the right heroes in your organization. If you want to understand the culture of Great Britain, look to its heroes, myths and legends. Each of these war stories, retold in countless history books and classrooms, captures the spirit of 'determination in adversity' that the British so prize in themselves. By studying your best performers, you will gather the raw material you need to tell the right stories and create the right heroes."

Read the rest of this article at Forbes.com...

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A few good examples of using stories. My experience shows that the best speakers are good story tellers.

If you want to dramatically improve your presentations - start telling more dramatic stories.

Everyone loves a good story. No one wants another lecture - just ask your kids.


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Steve Jobs

This video on Forbes.com offers fundamental tips about effective presentations and uses Steve Jobs as the example of a good presentation.

It provides good tips and good examples.

http://video.forbes.com/fvn/meetings-09/present-like-steve-jobs?partner=embed

What does Jobs do well?

1. Eye contact
2. Open posture
3. Hand gestures

The commentator, Carmine Galle, author of The Presentation Secrets provides a colorful and helpful analysis of the presentation skills of Steve Jobs. Then for added contrast he points out the presentation faults of Stan Stigman, CEO of Cingular who followed Jobs on stage.

http://video.forbes.com/fvn/meetings-09/present-like-steve-jobs?partner=embed

An interesting video and good contrast to emphasise the points.


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Forbes: Must-Have Skills for IT Leaders

Must-Have Skills For IT Leaders
by Arun Manansingh
Forbes

Over the decades, there have been numerous books and articles written about the characteristics and skills that leaders should have to be effective in the workplace. Executives know that these management skills are universal and can be applied to any industry, including information technology.

Whether your title is CIO, CTO, vice president or IT manager, there are fundamental skills that allow you to manage effectively. It is just a matter of taking these concepts that make sense to you and incorporating them into your own style of management. Here are seven tips that will help you become a more effective IT leader.

Learn to communicate effectively. This is a skill that is often given secondary importance in an IT leader's career. To be effective you need to be able to communicate your decisions, processes and goals upward (with management), downward (with your staff) and side-to-side (with your peers).

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Interesting to note that of the seven skills needed for IT leaders - the first one listed is Communication Skills. It's not suprising - yet why do so many intelligent people not invest enough in developing their communication skills.

Curiously, I'm meeting this week with a CIO who wants to fine tune his presentation skills. Clearly he gets it.


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How to Radiate More Confidence than You Feel

Audio Class on feeling and looking more confident while presenting

Almost every speaker faces the challenge of how to appear to be better than you feel. The answer lies not in talent but in understanding and using the techniques of powerful presenters. This program will reveal the secrets of how to look and sound more confident.

In this program you will discover:

  • Five confidence boosters to use before you speak
  • Three techniques to guarantee a positive start to your presentation
  • What to do when you feel the shakes, willies or flashes
  • How to relax yourself and your audience sooner
  • What do to when you mess up and why you shouldn't apologize
  • How to conclude on a positive note - so they remember your confidence
  • The Dirty-Dozen red flags of non-confidence you must avoid waving

Live Audio Class
When: Thursday October 22, 2009 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm EST (New York Time)

Call in to listen to this live telephone broadcast from the convenience of your home or office.

It's okay if you have a speaker phone and want others to listen in. No extra charge.

Here's an easy way for you to continue to improve your presentation skills. Listen to audio classes and get ongoing support for your skills development.

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What is the best way to rehearse my presentation?

Presentation Skills Question:
What is the best way to rehearse my presentation?

Presentation Skills Expert:

Two parts to this answer:

1. Rehearse your presentation on your feet at least three times as close to the manner in which you will deliver it as possible.

2. Although you might practise your presentation from start to finish - you should also practise it in modules. This helps train your brain to recover when you get lost or to cut something out to save time. And practise your opening and close more than the other parts so you can deliver these important parts strong.

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8 Presentation Flaws that Steal Your Money

8 Presentation Flaws that Steal Your Money

Why should you care about your presentation skills? Because poor presentations cost you money. Want to close more deals? Improve your presentation skills.

There are no perfect presentations and no perfect presenters. That means that every presenter could be better – if they want to be. There are three types of presenters:

  1. Bad and don’t know it
  2. Bad and don’t care
  3. Concerned and taking steps to improve

Effective presentations are the result of good presentation skills in action. Skills are improved by understanding the principles, practicing the techniques and getting constructive feedback from a skilled coach. Tiger Woods follows this formula to stay hot.

Have you ever wondered why some presentations are so painful to sit through and others can be delightful? Here are some of the presentation flaws that I’ve witnessed at recent industry conferences.

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Some of these tips are good reminders. Some are ah-ah insights. Some offer creative ideas and simple short cuts to presentation greatness. All of these presentation tips will help you be a better presenter every day.
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Rehearse your favorite movie or TV lines to capture the passion – you’re fired – say hello to my little friend – I’ll be back – Adrian!

Put feeling into words that naturally lend themselves to emotion: family, Christmas, freedom, grandma, home, first prize, baby, vacation

Improve your public speaking skills by learning the principles, practising the techniques and getting constructive coaching.

Public speaking is the ability to speak well in public. Also our most commonly shared fear. Ergo it only takes small improvements to shine

Toastmasters is a non-profit association that teachs the fundametals of presentation skills. They helped me. www.Toastmasters.org

If you want to be a better presenter, read books on presentations skills, take a seminar, work with a coach and/or attend Toastmasters.

Ellen Finkelstein wrote a comprehsive analysis of Obama's health care speech http://tinyurl.com/lugq9h

If people like you they accept your errors. It makes you look human and imperfect like they are. Be likeable and imperfect like them.
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Funny Audience

Sometimes it's you - sometimes it's the audience

I spoke to a group today that loved to laugh. Was I funny, engaging and entertaining? Yes. And the group loved to laugh. They laughed at lines that most other groups didn't. They smiled and encouraged me with their attention and active participation.

It would be easy for me to believe that I was hot. I was very good. The audience was terrific.

Sometimes you and your audience really click. That's heavenly. Bask in the glow when it happens. Don't let it inflate your ego because the next presentation might be tougher. Never think that you can wing it.

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Too much information - not enough time

Too much information - not enough time
How to deliver your management report clearly by saying less

You have been asked to present a report to management. You have two hours worth of information but only 20 minutes to speak. What a dilemma! How do you get your message across? How will you decide what to leave out? And will management punish you for leaving something out?

5 to 10 Times Rule
What should you do? If you only have two hours of information then you should only speak for about 12 to 24 minutes. Why? Because if you have two hours of material - then most of it will be irrelevant or boring or both. Follow this rule - you should always have at least 5 to 10 times more information than you present.

If you worked on the project and researched the information, you might easily fall into the trap that everything is important and interesting. After all, you sweated over all the details. And more important to you - you want management to see you as doing a thorough job. You don't want to leave something out because that might make you look as if you don't know everything - or that you didn't do your homework.

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Where should I parK?

Where should I park?

The man directing drivers where to park appeared to be a pleasant elderly gentleman. He wore a suit and tie as I did. He was obviously a guest like me who had volunteered to help with parking. The event was an outdoor wedding on a country estate. I listened to his instructions and looked to where he pointed. He went on rather long. But I believe I understood his message.

I parked exactly where I believe he told me to park on the grass on the side of a small hill. Other cars followed me and parked in a row next to me. As I walked past him on the way to the wedding area I heard him mutter, “Why doesn’t anybody do what I told them? Why do they all miss the rock where I told them to turn?”

Curious. I don’t recall him mentioning anything about a rock. Did I miss that or did he only think he said that? Did it occur to him that if 10 or 12 people didn’t follow his instructions that maybe his instructions were not clear? I overheard him repeating this same compliant while we were seated and waiting for the wedding to begin. I bit my tongue and didn’t point out the obvious answer to his question. If nobody followed your instructions it might have been because they didn’t understand them.

You might have meant well and you might have had a clear picture in your mind of what you wanted. But if you don’t convey that picture it won’t happen and you have no one to blame except yourself.

Where do you want us to park?

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100 Career Coach Blogs to Get You through the Recession

100 Career Coach Blogs to Get You through the Recession

Here's an interesting blog post and good idea for the times. It's nice to see that this Speech Coach Blog is listed. Presentation skills are always important and even more so when times are tough.

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Presentation Secrets for NPOs

Presentation Secrets for NPOs

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Who
Volunteers, executives and staff of non-profit organizations are invited to attend this special 89-minute presentation skills clinic. Be on time – you don’t want to miss a minute.

Why
In these tough times communication skills in general and presentation skills in particular will make the difference between winning or losing - especially in the non-profit sector.

Benefits

When you attend this presentation skills clinic you will discover:

  • The 3 reasons presentations fail – and how to avoid the
  • The 3 necessary ingredients for a successful presentation
  • The 3 simple techniques to help you convey more confidence than you feel
  • How to appear more credible, compelling and convincing
  • How to engage your audience in a conversation instead of lecturing at them
  • Plus much more

Special Bonus:
How to write a more focused presentation in five minutes – or less


Your Presentation Expert: George Torok
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Power Presentations Tip 24: Take care of your voice

Power Presentations Tip 24:

Take care of your voice

How can you instantly annoy your listeners? Speak in a shrill squeaky voice. Hillary Clinton was criticized for committing this sin during her bid for Democratic candidate. Notice how pleasant it is to listen to president Obama. His voice is soothing and easy to listen to.

A good voice is not about male or female. Both can be soothing or annoying.
What can you do to prepare your voice before you speak?

Yawn
Yawning relaxes your vocal chords and takes in a large amount of air. Cover your yawn so people don't see. You don't want your audience thinking "The speaker is bored already."

Hum
Humming flexes the vocal chords and helps to set up resonance in your vocal chamber.

Don't clear your throat with the harsh "ach-um". That sounds terrible and it irritates your throat. When you feel that urge coming on - just hum.

Breathe deeply
Take a couple deep slow breaths just before speaking. Fill your diaphragm. That helps you in two ways. The oxygen calms you and the air in your lungs gives you a fuller smoother voice.

All of these techniques are easy and helpful. You might do them before delivering a presentation, making phone calls or attending a networking event.

Be careful what you put in your mouth
Don't drink milk or eat cheese just before speaking. That creates phloem - which will get you trying to clear your throat.

The best fluid to drink before you speak is room-temperature water. Avoid cold water - especially ice water. It might feel refreshing but the cold stiffens your vocal chords.

The caffeine in coffee and tea dehydrates you which makes your throat dry. Alcohol is doubly bad for the dehydration as well as the obvious.

If you have a scratchy throat from a cold or too much speaking (or screaming) sip some warm lemon.

While speaking - speak a little slower than normal to keep the tone of your voice deeper.

Look after your voice so you can thrill them and not shrill them.

George Torok

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Video: Busting the Mehrabian Myth

The "7% 38% 55%" rule often gets misrepresented by "communication experts" who didn't do their homework. This short video puts a refreshing view on the work of Albert Mehrabian.

Hint: Yes Mehrabian did report those numbers - but he never said that they represent the message or communication. He was measuring likeability.

Enjoy the video.


Albert Mehrabian's Website

Silent Messages - the book in which Mehrabian published his famous numbers.

Read my post about this myth from August 2006.


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Begin with more confidence

Power Presentations Tips 23:

Begin with more confidence

Many presenters have confessed to me that if they can survive through the first few minutes of their presentation - then they will feel alright. It's just the beginning that they dread.

That's a risky way to approach your presentation because the opening is so important. Decisions are being made about you and your message in those opening seconds.

How can you feel and look more confident from your first word?

Your Introduction
Sit or stand proud while you are being introduced. While the audience is listening to your introduction - which should briefly confirm your qualifications for this topic - your audience will study you. They will be checking to see if the picture matches the words. This is not the time to feign humility or look nervous. Look proud while your achievements are listed.

You might not always have a formal introduction. However any introduction should be used to your benefit. Caution: Look proud and confident but not pompous and arrogant.

Start Slowly
Start your presentation very slowly. Speak slower than normal. You might feel a bit awkward but with practice you will get it right. There are three reasons to start slowly:

1. This will help you stay calm. Speaking slowly will force you to breathe slower and that calms you.

2. Your audience will have a better chance to tune into your voice. This is especially relevant when they don't know you and/or you have an accent that sounds different from their norm.

3. Speaking slowly will deepen your voice. That makes it easier to hear and conveys more confidence.

Say something positive
If you start with a positive statement your audience will go with you. If you are feeling nervous then this is the one time that you are allowed to tell a lie. That lie is, "I'm happy to be here today." You might not feel that way at the time but if you state it with enough conviction you might persuade your audience and yourself of that constructive white lie.

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Killer Presentation Skills

Killer Presentations Skills

Public speaker, Doug Jefrrerys, delivers a delightful presentation on the topic of effective presentation skills. He offers many tips and anedotes in this video. It's instructional, entertaining and easy to digest.




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Commencement Speeches

Enjoy this top 10 list of commencement speeches as posted on Onlinecolleges.net

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Top 10 Commencement Speeches for Tech Lovers

By Kathleen Baker

Listening to or reading transcripts of old commencement speeches is a great way to feel inspired to take chances, start a new career, or find out what truly drives you. These 10 commencement speeches, given by leaders in Internet and computer science technology, engineering, entrepreneurship and beyond, are terrific for technology lovers who need a little extra insight into how scientists and techies can change the world.

Steve Jobs at Stanford, 2005:
Computer science geeks and Apple lovers who worship Steve Jobs will relish in this moving, inspirational speech from Steve Jobs, who never graduated from college. He talks about quitting, being adopted, and finding your purpose in life.


Bill Gates at Harvard, 2007:
Bill Gates is one of the ultimate techie heroes, and he returns to Harvard in 2007 to deliver the commencement address and receive his own degree. Gates prods graduates to consider how they can do the greatest good to help communities around the world, pulling from his own philanthropic efforts to relieve sick children from poverty-stricken nations.


Omid Kordestani at San Jose State University, 2007:
At the time of this speech, Omid Kordestani was still the Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Field Operations for Google. The handsome Iran-born MBA’s cheerful delivery meshes well with his own background story, which details the events that brought him to the United States.


Larry Page at University of Michigan, 2009:
Google co-founder Larry Page speaks to the University of Michigan class of 2009 about his own family’s legacy at the school. Through his story, Page also comments on the notion of the American dream, family values and creating your own path.


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Power Presentations Tip 22: What do you stand for?

Power Presentations Tip 22:

What do you stand for?

Maybe nothing - especially if you don't stand tall and strong during your presentation.

Some presenters have protested, "I don't want to stand during my presentation. It makes me feel uncomfortable."

You might feel more comfortable sitting while you speak but your presentation will be much less effective.

Not only should you stand when you speak - you should stand as tall and strong as you can.
Why?

When you stand more listeners can see you clearly. If they can see you they will be more inclined to listen. If you are capturing two of their senses then you have a better opportunity to engage their minds.

When your listeners can see you they will judge both the importance of your topic and the credibility of your words on how you stand. If you are slouching, leaning on a chair, or sitting on the table - your message will appear unimportant. They might be thinking, "If it wasn't important enough for the speaker to stand - then it can't be important enough to listen."

When you stand to speak your voice will naturally project better. You make it easier for people to hear you. If they didn't hear you, it was a wasted presentation.

When you stand while your audience sits you hold the physical position of authority. In many cultures the kings and queens sat upon thrones that were higher than everyone else. This positioning is still practiced today in court rooms where the judge is elevated above everyone else.This feeling of authority when we look up to someone seems to have stayed with us.

What if the person who spoke before you didn't stand? You should stand to present because you want to be your best every time you speak. Never lower your standards just because the other presentations were weak.

Stand to present. It's simple and effective.

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No time left for you to speak

How to handle NO time left to speak
by Rita Risser

I was scheduled to speak last on a main stage panel where we were each supposed to talk for 10 minutes and then take Q&A for 30 minutes. The first two speakers spoke 10 minutes. The third speaker took 50 minutes, despite the fact that the meeting planner came in and told her to wrap it up. The meeting planner left and the speaker finally wrapped up at noon. She turned it over to me, telling me to go ahead and speak, going over lunch. I smiled, said I knew better than to compete with lunch and that I would be available to anyone who wanted to talk that afternoon, or by phone or email.

Results:
Audience laughed and clapped and ran out of the room.
Meeting planner couldn’t thank me enough for not talking.
Meeting planner changed the afternoon schedule and gave me 20 minutes to speak.
Several good contacts called and emailed afterwards.
Meeting planner asked me back the next year — and not the other speaker!
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The above anecdote from Rita Risser appeared in Speaker Net News.

It illustrates the important message that when it is your turn to speak you must stay within the timeline given to you and sometimes you will need to cut your presentation short - even to the point of not speaking at all.

Kudos to Rita Risser for demonstrating this so clearly.


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Video: What makes a superior presenter?

What makes a superior presenter?

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The Big Bad Word

Are You Guilty? The Unconscious Goof that Can Hurt Your Credibility
by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE

Fifteen times in a thirteen-minute period. That's how often Steve Forbes, President and CEO of Forbes Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine, did it during an otherwise brilliant presentation at the National Speakers Association convention in New York, August 2008.

President Obama did it twice while he was on The Tonight Show talking to Jay Leno.
My high-level corporate clients do it—including Presidents, Chief Financial Officers, and Sales Vice Presidents of America's greatest companies.

Celebrity speakers, best-selling authors, and top consultants do it before I work with them.
Each time they do, I reach over and give their hands a quick slap. When they ask, "How can I kick the habit? Nobody ever told me I did it so much." I tell them, "You must give your spouse and subordinates permission to tell you when it happens. First, notice when you do it. Second, recognize the negative impact. Third, replace this blunder with something more appropriate."

You may not have noticed this verbal affliction yet, but once you do, you'll have fun spotting examples everywhere. Some of your friends and associates are guilty. The blight has invaded television in the news and commercials, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. It crosses all professions and levels of education. Recently, I counted dozens of examples at a four-day meeting with some of the most brilliant and successful professional speakers and consultants in the U.S. Even you may be doing it!

What is this Crime against Credibility?

It's a single, suddenly-popular buzzword that makes me feel like fingernails screeching on a blackboard every time I hear it. It's "stuff."

Even communication experts are guilty. I maintain that professional speakers, coaches, and consultants are paid for their lifetime knowledge, innovative ideas, leading-edge strategies, and, most important of all, their eloquence in putting their ideas across to their audiences. Yet, I overhear these communicators saying to each other, "The group loved my stuff" or "I gave them my best stuff."

At a dramatic time in our nation's history when precise and powerful communication is most needed, employees and sales teams, many who have English as a second or third language, are hearing this vague, imprecise language from their corporate leaders. Sales professionals in my sales presentation skills training are talking about their products and high-ticket technology in the same non-specific, low-value way.

Even worse than "stuff" is "and stuff." Some individuals don't seem to know that a period at the end of a sentence is a great way to stop. I've heard:
"This will decrease absenteeism and stuff..." and "We had a great conversation and stuff..."

In Shakespeare's time, "stuff" meant woven cloth—"such stuff as dreams are made on." It has come to mean "miscellaneous" and even acquired the negative connotation of junk, debris, or rubbish. Surely you don't want to clutter your speaking, leadership messages, and sales presentations with rubbish?

The worst thing about "stuff" is that it is not specific! As my associate David Palmer, PhD has programmed me to think, "Specificity builds credibility."

Each time one of my speaking clients says "stuff," I ask what exactly they mean to say. Some are amazed at how often they use the word, even people with graduate degrees. Yet, their education isn't obvious in their language because of that one useless and irritating word.

If you're asking yourself what difference it could make, I'll tell you. A huge one! You are hired because what you say sounds like it is worth paying for. Language that is fuzzy, clumsy, and unclear destroys your credibility and your claim to professionalism. You might as well be delivering your message in Valley-Girl speak, grinding your toe in the rug and murmuring, "Whatever—"

Your audience of one or a thousand deserves clear, forceful, and specific language. Toss out all that meaningless "stuff" and show them what a leader you are.


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Power Presentation Tips 21

Power Presentations Tips 21:

Ask rhetorical questions


Ask rhetorical questions during your presentation to better engage your audience. This technique is simple yet powerful. It works well in two circumstances - when delivering detailed information and when you want to persuade your listeners.

Rhetorical questions work on a few levels for you.

1. Asking a question grabs the attention of your audience. We are programmed to respond to questions. Even if we don't answer out loud our brain starts working on the answer.

2. Your listeners might already be thinking that question. If you ask and then answer the question that they have in their minds then two things work in your favor. Your presentation will feel more like a conversation to your listeners instead of a lecture. Plus, they will feel that you understand them because you know and answer their questions.

3. Posing a rhetorical question before you give important information builds anticipation for the information. Thus the information feels more welcome and appears more valuable to your listeners.

4. Asking a question makes your voice more interesting because you will naturally inflect your voice while asking the question. Contrast this with the typical monotone (boring) delivery of most statements.

5. Asking a rhetorical question is also a secret weapon for when you forget what comes next. Pose the question out loud to help get your brain back on track. The audience will think you did it for them. They don't need to know that you got lost.
For example: What comes next?

Some more examples:
What are the benefits of this service?
What is the schedule for implementation?
What have other customers said about this program?
How will we protect you from the risk?
Why is this important to our success?

Sprinkle rhetorical questions throughout your presentation to recapture your listeners' attention, sound more interesting and make it feel like a conversation.

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Presentation Tips

Presentation Tips


Drink Water

Before you give a speech, deliver a sales presentation or make phone calls - drink one to two glasses of water. It lubricates your vocal chords, helps your voice and gives you needed fluids that you lose while speaking. Lukewarm water is best. Cool water is OK. Ice water is not good for your vocal chords. Avoid dairy products because they create phlegm in your throat.


Move away from the lectern

When you address an audience move away from the lectern (often called the podium). Let them see you as more than just a talking head. You will be both more powerful and more connected to your audience. If you must see your notes then stand beside the lectern - and don’t lean on it. Stand strong.


Emphasize your name

While introducing yourself to one person or a group, emphasize your name, so they hear it, feel the respect you have for your name and remember it. State, “My name is (short pause) George (short pause) Torok (smile).” Say it loud enough to be heard. Most importantly - say it much slower than you normally do and smile. Make your name memorable

If your name is unusual, difficult to remember or pronounce, say it extra slow and repeat it, ‘Torok’. Help them remember it by adding, it sounds like ‘tore – rock.’ You might add, It means ‘Turk’ in Hungarian. Or you can call me ‘nickname’. If you can have fun with your name people will like you. If you make them laugh with you, they will remember you.


Stand and wait for everyone’s attention

Giving your 30-second presentation at a networking meeting? Stand, stop playing with your chair and wait till you have everyone’s attention before you speak. It might take a second or two. Then when you speak it makes your information seem more valuable - and they will hear you.


Use action verbs

Telling people what you do? Use action verbs and words that paint pictures of results. Avoid nouns ending in ‘tion’. Don’t say, “We are in the telecommunication business.” Instead try, ‘We install and maintain phone systems for small and medium sized business.” We specialize in designing customerfriendly systems for busy offices with unique needs.’ Use the word ‘specialize’ - it means you are special.




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Power Presentations tip 20: Stage Presence

Power Presentations Tip 20:

Stage Presence


What is it?
Stage presence is that invisible quality that attracts the rapt attention of your audience. A presenter with strong stage presence receives higher credibility and more respect from the listeners.


Who has it?
Stage presence is hard to define but you recognize it when you see it. You might recognize performers, actors and public speakers who seem to have it. Anthony Hopkins demonstrated it in Silence of the Lambs. Stage actors seem to develop it more than TV and movie actors. David Copperfield has it on TV and especially in his live performances. Madonna flaunts it in her shows.


How do you develop your stage presence?
I think that it is best not to pursue it directly. Instead build your stage presence as a byproduct of other elements. I also believe that there is not one formula for stage presence. Depending on the individual and circumstances you can achieve stage presence with a different set of elements than someone else.


What are the elements of stage presence?
Probably the most important element is that you appear to be in control - of yourself, your presentation and the room. The perception of being in control is made of up other elements: warm smile, purposeful and fluid movement and good posture. Notice that these are visual cues to your audience. Look like you are in control and your audience will believe that you are in control.

Your voice can contribute to your stage presence. You should be easy to be heard and understand. A slower speaking pace usually strengthens your stage presence. Silence in the form of well placed pauses builds presence. A conversational tone helps.

Thought-provoking words indicate your comfort with the topic and aids the perception of being in control.

Noticing the people and things in the room and using them to your advantage further builds your stage presence.


Stage Presence. The next time you see it make note of the techniques that contribute to it.


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From stuttering to speaker’s podium


Here's an inspirational story about an individual overcoming a severe stuttering challenge.


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From stuttering to speaker’s podium

Reported in The Oakville Beaver


Author Charles Marcus of Oakville stuttered so much growing up, he could barely utter a few words — sometimes not speaking at all for long periods.

Today he is a motivational speaker and will stand up before the Shaarei-Beth El Congregation of Oakville to speak about — what else? — overcoming life’s obstacles.

Marcus will make his appearance at 2 p. m. on Sunday, April 19.

The Oakville resident grew up in Manchester, England. He was shy and self-conscious.
Now, as a bestselling author on success, Marcus is a motivational speaker and seminar leader who has travelled across Canada, the U. S., even Europe and Asia. Australia is next on his agenda.

Marcus has more than realized his dream — pondered in long periods of silence — of not only speaking fluently, but doing so in public.



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Power Presentation Tips 19: Answer Three Questions

Power Presentation Tips 19

Answer three questions


Most presentations are intended to asnswer at least one of three questions.

Why?
What?
How?

Why
This is the most difficult type of presentation and the most important type for leadership and sales.
The purpose of the presentation is to make a change. The change might mean a new direction for the company, a new method or a new supplier.
As the presenter you need to address the "why" questions in the minds of your listeners.
Those questions might include:
Why should I care?
Why should I change?
Why should I trust you?
Your listeners might not see the need or want the change. They might not believe there is a problem. You need to be dramatic to catch their attention and convince them that they have a problem. The way to do this is with visual and emotional props and language.

What
Your audience knows they have a problem or need and you are offering a solution. A report is another type of "what" presentation.
The questions might be:
What choices do we have?
What are the features and benefits?
What happened?
This could be as simple as a waiter presenting a menu to diners.The people know they want to eat but have yet to decide on their selection. The waiter describes the choices and might even recommend favorites.
A certain amount of detail is required to differentiate the choices. The words and visuals should be precise, colorful and descriptive.

How
This type of presentation is most likely a training session. It could also be the briefing for a team about to execute a plan.
The questions might be:
How will this work?
How can we do that?
How can I improve results?
By definition lots of detail is required. This could be the most boring type of presentation or the most exciting depending on the combination of the mindset of your listeners and your presentation delivery.
You will have more success with this type of presentation by employing props, printed material and multimedia. Audience interaction is more important. Stimulate all the senses to clairify the details and make them stick.
Depending on the purpose of your presentation one question will tend to dominate the minds of your listeners. Of course, most presentations will include all three of these questions to some degree.



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