Everyone wants to appear confident. We all usually like to have some confidence building tips when we’re getting ready for an important event. You might have to give a presentation, go for a job interview, or perhaps have a difficult conversation with someone. If you’re dreading it and want to find ways to build your self-confidence to get through it, continue reading. 7 Confidence Building Tips 1. Make time to prepare: for interviews and presentations, give yourself plenty of time to prepare...
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Why use storytelling in business?
Storytelling has been around as long as humans have roamed the earth. Even without words, drawings conveyed stories. And like many things related to humans, the way stories are told has evolved. From cave man drawings to smartphone apps – storytelling is woven through our history, our present, and reaches out to our future. But like many things common in our lives, the power of storytelling is taken for granted. Some look to storytelling as the latest buzzword for business with...
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How many presentations have you sat through in the past 7 days? And of those, how many do you wish you could get back that hour? There are many ways to improve the engagement of your audience, but this one has a huge and immediate impact: Reduce the text on your slides! As you stand and explain the complexity (or simple brilliance) of your idea to your audience, they are reading your slides. And because we humans can only focus on...
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