Speaking about Presenting: Presentation Tips from Olivia Mitchell

Welcome

Welcome to this blog – my aim is to make a difference to the success of your presentations. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Olivia

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 heckler

Most hecklers are made, not born. If people don’t feel listened to they will turn into hecklers. So the critical step to avoid making hecklers out of people in your audience... [Read more]

Latest post in Backchannel category

How to manage feedback from the presentation backchannel

In my eBook How to present with a backchannel I recommend that the first time you present with a backchannel, you shouldn’t try and monitor or respond to feedback in real-time... [Read more]