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presentation

How to present with Twitter and other backchannels

November 20, 2009

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 eBook “How to present with Twitter (and other backchannels)” to help you avoid that fate. There’s no sign up required. Just click and read. I asked [...]

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Why your presentation shouldn’t flow

September 8, 2009

When I ask people on our courses how their presentation went they often say “It didn’t flow.” I ask them to elaborate and they say “I stumbled, I had mind blanks, and I had to start sentences again because they didn’t make sense.” I then ask the audience how they found the presentation – they [...]

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How to survive watching yourself on video

August 26, 2009

Do you hate the idea of watching yourself on video? Most people do. But on our courses it’s one of our most powerful tools for helping people to reduce their fear of public speaking. Watching yourself give a presentation can give you a tremendous confidence boost. That’s because the way that you come across is [...]

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What you need to know before your first presentation

July 9, 2009

Giving your first presentation or speech is daunting. I’ve worked with many new presenters and here’s the advice that has made the most difference to them. 1. Content is king Your audience is there for what you are going to say. Not how you say it. This is good news for you as a new [...]

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How to tweet during a presentation

June 30, 2009

The latest academic research on Twitter and conferences addresses the issue of “snarky tweets” during presentations. What should be the guidelines of what is acceptable and what is not? My own experience of tweeting during presentations at Presentation Camp LA highlighted for me the new challenges we face around Twitter etiquette at conferences. The research [...]

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Powerpoint custom animation experiment – check out the animation for yourself

June 17, 2009

Yesterday, I reported on the results of an experiment into the impact of Powerpoint custom animation on learning. I’ve now been given permission by the authors (Dr Stephen Mahar and colleagues) to publish samples of the screencasts used in the research. Summary of the experiment The purpose of the experiment was to test the hypothesis [...]

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New research questions the benefits of custom animation in PowerPoint

June 16, 2009

I thought that simple, non-distracting animations that brought in slide elements one at a time as I verbally introduced them was helpful. I thought that it helped members of my audience focus on the slide element that I was talking about. Seems I might be wrong. Research carried out by Stephen Mahar, Ulku Yaylacicegi and [...]

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How to create a “new” presentation from pre-existing slides

June 13, 2009

In a perfect world, every new presentation would be prepared from scratch, tailored exactly to the specific audience. But in reality, you sometimes have to cobble together a “new presentation” from pre-existing material. How can you create an effective presentation in the shortest possible time using pre-existing slides from different sources? There are two phases [...]

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Should you display the live twitter stream on a large screen?

May 20, 2009

Twitter is now a reality at many conferences. Now the question is: should you display a live twitter stream on a large screen so that everyone (not just the tweeters) in the audience can see it? Having twitter on a large screen can enrich the conference experience. Here’s a report from the Museums and the [...]

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You don’t have to slow down to be an effective presenter

April 24, 2009

Have you been told to slow down when you’re presenting? There’s only one legitimate reason for slowing down. That’s if you go so fast that your words get blurred. Otherwise there’s nothing wrong with speaking fast. Watch this video of Gary Vaynerchuk – would you want him to slow down? This is the way Gary [...]