Have you ever attended a presentation and been awed by how easily the keynote speaker engages you and how comfortable she seems? She speaks without looking at notes or her slides. It’s as if she’s having a conversation with just you and everything she says is off the top of her head. Do you wish you could be that spontaneous? Would you be surprised to find out that those presenters are not spontaneously presenting? They practice and prepare more than the...
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How To ‘Read’ A Virtual Room
Throughout your career you have acquired these uncanny skills to read a room. Colleagues and clients alike marvel at your ability to read their minds. Suddenly, after years of being the master of the room, you are sitting in a room – alone – about to have a meeting with 20 other professionals – virtually. Isolated from the signals you’ve tapped into for years, you are a foreigner in your own conference room. You are now part of the virtual work...
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‘I’ve been struggling for days with this presentation. I don’t know where to start or stop. How do I make it powerful? How do I make it memorable?’ Many clients ask for my assistance in creating powerful presentations. Though each case is unique, I thought I would share a little bit about the process I go through in going from blank page to powerful presentation. Blank Page I know this can be scary, but it is important that you start fresh....
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