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Be Risky With Your Ideas

Be Risky with Your Ideas! is Post #10 in a series from a presentation entitled 11 Great Creative Slip-Ups:  The Most Common Mistakes in Coming Brainstorming. The introduction to the series begins
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Gestures actually help your audience listen better

Gestures: Dramatizing Your Words

This post about gestures is #6 in a longer series of articles based on a presentation I gave to the Public Relations Insitute of Australia on “How To Make Your Audience Listen Better.” The
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How To Prepare a Presentation in Six Questions

A popular question in many communications workshops is how to prepare a presentation most quickly. Is there some type of simple methodology or process to use when time is limited? The
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Presentation Skills: Eye Contact

This post on Eye Contact is #6 in a longer series of articles based on a presentation I gave to the Public Relations Insitute of Australia on “How To Make Your Audience Listen
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Simple Public Speaking Tips

Usually I conduct workshops for senior experienced executives. Next month however, I have an unusual group: a large group of ‘regular people’ who only need simple public speaking tips for
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Should You Ban PowerPoint?

“Let’s ban PowerPoint in our meetings.” What a common reaction, yes? On one hand, it is understandable but clichéd. On the other, it’s pointing the finger at the symptom, not
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What Makes a Good Communicator Good?

At a client workshop in Seoul (see picture right, many moons ago), I had 14 mid-level managers who were part of a Top Talent group of excellence. Of the six
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Self-Talk

This post on Self-Talk is #3 in a longer series of articles based on a presentation I gave to the Public Relations Insitute of Australia on “How To Make Your Audience Listen
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Three Types of Audiences

This post is #2 in a longer series of articles based on a presentation I gave to the Public Relations Insitute of Australia on “How To Make Your Audience Listen Better.” The Introduction
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