Presentation Q&A: How Can I Stop People Tweeting During My Presentations?
It’s easy. Be interesting. Be so interesting that people forget that Twitter even exists....
Tag Archives: audience
Speaking to a Non-Technical Audience: The Mammy Test
Sometimes after years of working with technology or business terms, certain ideas and concepts...
The Text May Be A Bit Too Small to Read
One very important question to ask when designing presentation slides is: “Will the audience...
What Would Steve Do?
The main message that I want to convey to you with this series of...
Use Theatre and Magic to Captivate Your Audience
When Steve Jobs stood up to talk, he didn’t give a presentation, he gave...
Use Great Visuals In Your Presentations
One thing that stands out when watching many of Steve Jobs talks is his...
Show Your Passion To Engage Your Audience
Making it all about the audience is our first really powerful step towards emulating...
Make It Memorable: Use a Tagline
Whenever Steve Jobs talked about a product he had a tagline: For...
Why This Is The Best Thing That You’ve Ever Done
It’s all very well to sell a dream but emotional decisions can lead to...
Why Should the Audience be Excited by Your Idea or Product?
There are two ways to persuade an audience: 1. Logic 2. Emotion For most...
Why Should The Audience Listen To You?
In every presentation, Steve Jobs made sure to answer that first question: Why should...
Speaking Masterclass: Jay Silver – Hack a banana, make a keyboard!
Our normal image of a great speaker is someone like Martin Luther King, Steve...
Presentation Tip: Put Less Text on Your Slides
When you sit in the audience at a conference or presentation and the presenter...
Make Your Audience Glow
A few years ago I was on holiday in New Zealand and I got...
The Dangers of Great Images in Slides
When I talk about slide design, the number one lesson that I tell people...
Speaking Masterclass: Roy Finley – A Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA
Ron Finley is a very natural speaker. He doesn’t sugarcoat his message, instead he...
Presentation Tip: Make your Conclusion Memorable
Sadly for a lot of presentations sometimes the only thing that an audience remembers...
Creating a Connection With Your Audience
Think about the worst presentation that you’ve had to sit through. What was it...
Presentation Tip: Dealing with Large Rooms
Sometimes the room is so large that the screen dwarfs the presenter. Your slides...
Presentation Tip: The Magic Button
Probably one of the most powerful tools in your presentation arsenal hides innocently behind...