Presentation Tips: Templates are useful

Presentation Tips: Templates are useful

Jan. 5, 2010 by

The arts of music, poetry, literature, and drama have been around so long that each of them has templates.  To dismiss templates is to ignore the wisdom of the ages. To name a few, music has verses and choruses, poetry

Presentation Skills: Use emotional arguments

Presentation Skills: Use emotional arguments

Dec. 18, 2009 by

Reason makes us think, but emotion makes us act.  So how can we build emotional arguments into our presentations? When we consult Maslow’s Theory, we learn that people have a hierarchy of needs.  At the bottom of the pyramid are

Public Speaking Tips: How to be Emotional about a Dry Topic

Public Speaking Tips: How to be Emotional about a Dry Topic

Dec. 4, 2009 by

First of all, don’t overdo it.  If it’s dry, it’s dry.  I heard someone link his call to action to survival, which was a bit of an overstatement.  Modesty in all things! Nevertheless, since I often find myself urging clients