Good presenters can overcome bad PowerPoints.  Can good PowerPoints overcome bad presenters?

Good presenters can overcome bad PowerPoints. Can good PowerPoints overcome bad presenters?

Mar. 4, 2011 by

Michael Alley has taught at Virginia Tech, the University of Texas, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Barcelona.  His book, The Craft of Scientific Presentations, is a significant contribution to the scientific community.  While Michael Alley’s experiments have

Reading a speech vs. giving a presentation

Reading a speech vs. giving a presentation

Jun. 23, 2010 by

I just witnessed several clients reading scripts.  There was something very unsatisfying about the experience for me.   They lacked life and expression.  They didn’t appear to mean what they were saying. Yet scripts are often useful and necessary.  So what

Your speechwriter:  How to get the most out of him

Your speechwriter: How to get the most out of him

Jun. 22, 2010 by

A good speech has a voice.  It sounds like an individual—specifically, the individual who is delivering the speech. It should not sound like the speechwriter. And yet us speechwriters are often given only a brief time with the speaker to