Speaking about Presenting: Presentation Tips from Olivia Mitchell

Welcome

I’m Olivia Mitchell and the aim of this blog is to help you with your next presentation. Here’s what you’ll find:

- Helpful articles to help you with every aspect of your next presentation
- Reviews of books and blogs on presentations and public speaking
- Analysis of great speeches and presentations.

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Latest post in Content category

7 ways to keep audience attention during your presentation

Reference: Hartley J and Davies I “Note taking: A critical review” Programmed Learning and Educational technology, 1978,15, 207-224 cited by John Medina in Brain Rules Keeping... [Read more]

Latest post in PowerPoint category

What you need to know before using a cartoon in your presentation

I was reviewing a technical presentation for a client. The topic was the latest dental procedures. Every few slides a cartoon popped up. Cartoons about people with bad teeth. They... [Read more]

Latest post in Nervousness category

New research suggests a way to reduce fear of public speaking

Earlier this morning Martin Shovel tweeted about new research hailed as a breakthrough by the Guardian News. It occurred to me that it might have some application to reducing the... [Read more]

Latest post in Delivery category

8 tips to make your eye contact more powerful

Even a newbie at public speaking knows they should make eye contact. But the term eye contact is rather vague. It can infer just making fleeting “contact” with a person then... [Read more]

Latest post in Audience category

How to handle a texting audience

A reader asked me this question: Some of us who are 45+ are finding that younger people text and use computers during presentations to the point of rudeness. This happens even... [Read more]

Latest post in Backchannel category

How to present with Twitter and other backchannels

Presenting with Twitter can be challenging. Just about every week a new story of a speaker getting roasted on Twitter makes waves in the blogosphere. I’ve written a free... [Read more]