Presentation Skills: Best practices for meeting kick-off

Presentation Skills: Best practices for meeting kick-off

Feb. 10, 2010 by

We are often asked to kick-off meetings.  What’s the best way to get everyone focused on the task at hand, and demonstrate our own capacity for effective leadership? Start on time.  Or, if you must delay, acknowledge those who are

Public Speaking Training: Don’t get too slick

Public Speaking Training: Don’t get too slick

Jan. 16, 2010 by

When does a polished speaker become slick? I ask this question because I occasionally see so-called “professional speakers” behaving in peculiar ways.  They have developed a presentation “style” that doesn’t seem natural, that smacks of late night infomercials and snake

Corporate Training:  People don’t want to be sold

Corporate Training: People don’t want to be sold

Dec. 11, 2009 by

A sales exec I know was up for a plum gig—a rotation assignment in headquarters that would groom her for a promotion to Regional Director.  She was confident that she’d get the job, and went to the interview thinking that