Humorous Presentation Openings: “I’m Not Joking!”
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View ArticleGrading Obama's Speech
Maybe I should have come up with a different title, but “grading” seemed to be the appropriate word tonight. The president sounded professorial, as if lecturing to high-schoolers about how the...
View ArticlePresentation Skills: Never Wing It—Part 1 of Presenting as a Panelist
I don’t know which is worse: being trapped in an audience listening to panelists who sound as though they were recruited in the hallway five minutes before the program began . . . or being a panelist...
View ArticlePresentation Skills: Holding Your Own with Other Experts—Part 2 of Presenting...
When presenting as part of a panel, think of the situation as a Broadway play rather than a solo performance. How you interact with other panelists makes the difference between a long-running...
View ArticlePresentation Skills: Appropriate Body Language as a Panelist—Part 3 of Series...
No matter how powerful or persuasive your words, your body language can sabotage your success as a panelist. Make sure you’re in full control of all moving parts—including your tongue. Avoid...
View ArticleGrading Obama’s State of the Union Speech
Bottom-line: Style: A Substance: C It’s not that I didn’t like what the President had to say; I did. But the speech summarized apple pie, motherhood, and the American dream. What’s not to...
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