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Effective Presentations

The Learners’ Declaration of Rights, 2011

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  • July 4, 2011
In this article, dedicated to Independence Day, we offer a learners' declaration of rights that every trainer, teacher, military briefer and...
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Princess of the PowerPoint? You decide.

A television commercial from National Car Rental has been appearing on TV lately. Called Princess of the PowerPoint, the commercial the dialog goes...
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Visualize your audience in underwear?

I came across, for the umpteenth time, the suggestion of imagining your audience in underwear if you are uncomfortable when speaking in public. Why...
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eBooks offers tips for making more effective presentations

Speechworks has published a free eBook entitled How to Create a Seven Minute Rifle Shot Presentation. The book lays out a simple plan for creating...
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Ask the Presentation Skills Examiner, Oct. 15

Question– Dear Presentation Skills Examiner, I’m in a college class where the professor uses an overhead projector. What do you think...
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Obama effectively handles a technical difficulty

In a recent article, President Obama’s tele-prompter use was identified as a barrier preventing him from connecting with his audience....
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KU professor offers tips for making effective presentations

University of Kansas professor Dr. Robert C. Rowland of the Department of Communications Studies will offer effective presentation tipsduring...
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Telling a story to make a point is remembered while talking about yourself is boring.

One of the most successful ways to generate an effective presentation is to make a point and tell a story, or tell a story and then make a point....
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How do you blank the screen for a PowerPoint presentation?

Do you know there are shortcut keys for PowerPoint? Many I have met seem not to know about shortcut keys, particularly the [B] key or the [W] key...
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Practicing your speech

I read two articles this past week in which the writers indicated that we need to keep practicing until we have perfected our speeches. I disagree....
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