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Power Presentations Tip 42: Beware the Fatal Presentation Sin
© 2010 George Torok
Power Presentations Tip from George Torok

What destroys many presentations?
Not respecting time.
Don\'t make the mistake of believing that your time is more valuable
than the ...

Power Presentations Tip 41: Dealing With the Fear of Public Speaking
© 2010 George Torok
Power Presentations Tip from George Torok

How to Manage the Fear of Public Speaking
Surveys have shown that the majority of people consistently rank
public speaking as their ...

Power Presentations Tip 40: Speaking Without Notes
Power Presentations Tip from George Torok

How to speak without notes
Why would you want to speak without notes? Because you will look
more confident and assured about your message. A presenter tha...

Power Presentations Tip 39: Tell Me a Story
© 2010 George Torok
Power Presentations Tip from George Torok


Tell me a story

Do you remember saying that to your parents when you were small?
Perhaps children have pleaded with you to tell t...

Power Presentations Tip 39: Tell Me a Story
© 2010 George Torok
Power Presentations Tip from George Torok


Tell me a story

Do you remember saying that to your parents when you were small?
Perhaps children have pleaded with you to tell t...

Power Presentations Tip 38: You are the one
© 2010 George Torok
Power Presentations Tip from George Torok



You want this?

What is the most important word for you to use in your presentation?
Hint
This word is crucial to your success...

Power Presentations Tip 37: Start with the Right Picture
Start with the right picture
The phone rings. You answer. It\'s your best friend. You probably
smile and have an enjoyable conversation. But before you smiled you
did something else - you saw their fac...

Power Presentations Tip 36: Evaluate Other Presenters
Evaluate other presenters

Study other presenters to learn from them. But don\'t fall into the
trap of judging whether you are better or worse than they are.
That\'s pointless. Just observe and learn.
...

Power Presentations Tip 35: Do Not Think on Your Feet
Do not think on your feet

Thinking on your feet is the same as winging it. You\'ve probably
seen presenters who failed to properly prepare their presentation.
They might\'ve believed that they could ...

Present with More Confidence Than You Feel - Audio Class - This Week
Most speakers would like to look and feel more confident while
presenting.*

How about you? Would you like to both feel and look more confident
when presenting?

Here is your opportunity to give you...

Power Presentations Tip 34: Own the Room
© 2008 George Torok
Power Presentations Tip


Know the room - own the room
When you own the room you will be a more powerful presenter. While
strolling in your neighborhood you will feel more comforta...

How to Radiate More Confidence Than You Feel - Audio Class
Have you ever felt anxious when presenting?

Is the fear of public speaking a threat to your success?

Would you like to feel better and look better when you speak in
front of an audience?

The ...

Power Presentations Tip 33: Convey more Crediblity
Convey more credibility
Convey more credibility while presenting. Your audience will listen
closer, believe you more and feel more persuaded by your message.
How can you convey more credibility?
Use t...

Power Presentations Tip 32: Smart Practice
Rehearse your presentation

Practice doesn\'t make you perfect. If you are practising the wrong
way you\'ll be consistently bad. Smart practice makes you better but
never perfect.
Smart Practice
Conden...

Power Presentations Tip 31: Build Better Rapport
Why build rapport?
Building stronger rapport with your listeners reinforces trust.
When your audience trusts you, they will listen better, believe you
more, follow your advice and buy your message, pr...

Power Presentations Tip 30: Handle Questions with Ease
Handle questions
Include the group in your discussion.
While the person is asking the question maintain eye contact with
that person while you move away from that individual. You do this
to include th...

Power Presentations Tip 29: You Are Here
You are here
When you visit the shopping mall you might look at the map to find
the location of a store that you want to visit. The map could be
overwhelming and confusing, especially if you are look...

Power Presentations Tip: 28 Close the off ramps
Close the off ramps
If your presentation is a highway you want to keep your audience on
the road with you. You don\'t want them to take an off ramp and exit
from your presentation highway because they ...

Power Presentations Tip: 27: Paint Word Pictues
Paint word pictures
A powerful way to create visuals within the minds of your audience
is with picture words. The best presenters learn to master this
technique because it is so effective.
Tear down t...

Power Presentations Tip: 26: Schedule the questions
Schedule the Questions
Allow and encourage your audience to ask you questions.
Why?
They are more engaged and therefore will learn or buy more.
It will make your presentation feel more like a conversa...

Power Presentations Tip: 25: How do you hold attention?
How do you hold attention?
The reality is that you don\'t hold attention for long. The best you
can probably do is to capture the attention of your audience from
time to time.
If you think that everyon...

Power Presentations Tip: 24: Take care of your voice
Take care of your voice
How can you instantly annoy your listeners? Speak in a shrill
squeaky voice. Hillary Clinton was criticized for committing this
sin during her bid for Democratic candidate. Not...

Power Presentations Tip: 23: Begin with more confidence
Begin with more confidence
Many presenters have confessed to me that if they can survive
through the first few minutes of their presentation - then they
will feel alright. It\'s just the beginning that...

Power Presentations Tip: 22: What do you stand for?
What do you stand for?
Maybe nothing - especially if you don\'t stand tall and strong
during your presentation.
Some presenters have protested, \"I don\'t want to stand during my
presentation. It makes m...

Power Presentations Tip: 21: Ask Rhetorical Questions
Ask rhetorical questions
Ask rhetorical questions during your presentation to better engage
your audience. This technique is simple yet powerful. It works well
in two circumstances - when delivering d...

Power Presentations Tip: 20: Stage Presence
Stage Presence

What is it?
Stage presence is that invisible quality that attracts the rapt
attention of your audience. A presenter with strong stage presence
receives higher credibility and more res...

Power Presentations Tip: 19: Answer three questions
Answer three questions

Most presentations are intended to asnswer at least one of three
questions.

Why?
What?
How?

Why
This is the most difficult type of presentation and the most
important ...

Power Presentations Tip: 18: Harness the Power of Three
Harness the Power of Three

Three is the magic number for communicating.
When we hear a list of three things it resonates well in our brain.
Like three legs of a stool there is synergistic strength i...

Power Presentations Tip: 17: In Closing
In Closing

In closing
The previous tip offered help on how to open your presentation. Now
let\'s look at how to close.
The closing to your presentation could be the most important part.
Why? Because...

Power Presentations Tip: 16: Open with Pizzazz
Open with Pizzazz

Your presentation is composed of three parts - the opening, the
body and the close.
Your opening is important because it should do three things for you:
Grab the attention of your...

Power Presentations Tip: 15: Move on Purpose
Move on Purpose

Move on purpose
Should you move when you present?
It depends on what you want to accomplish with your movement.
Our eyes are attracted to movement. Military snipers must learn
this ...

Power Presentations Tip: 14: Shining through blackouts & brownouts
Shining through blackouts and brownouts

One thing you needn\'t worry about is experiencing a blackout during
your presentation. I mean you - not the room lights. A speaker
blackout happens when the s...

Power Presentations Tip: 13: When should you finish?
What time should I finish?

Know the answer to this question before you begin your
presentation. And be prepared to cut it short because things change.
Before you present to a group always know how l...

Power Presentations Tip: 12: No - it's not okay
No - it\'s not okay

The speaker was delivering a product demonstration. He made a
statement then added, \"Okay?\"
And he did it after every few sentences. In fact, he seemed to get
lazy and shortened ...

Power Presentations Tip: 11: Take your gold medal stance
Look like a Gold Medal Champion


Stand Proud - Look like a winner.
Accepting the Olympic Gold medal for your country is no time to
look timid. While you are watching the Olympic Games notice how t...

Power Presentations Tip: 10: Emphasize key points
How to emphasize your key points

Emphasize key points
Your audience doesn\'t need to remember your presentation word for
word. You probably only want them to remember your key points. But
if they do...

Power Presentations Tip: 09: Why do you say that?
Why do you say that?


Has this ever happened to you? You said something that you thought
was significant and your audience gazed at you glassy eyed.
You were hoping that they were thinking about w...

Power Presentations Tip: 08: No Jokes - no kidding
No Jokes - no kidding


Beware of that ancient book that suggests you start your
presentation with a joke. Don\'t do that. No jokes please. Jokes
don\'t fit anywhere in a business presentation.
Why?...

Power Presentations Tip: 07: Be present when you present
Be present when you present


That might sound funny to you. However, you might have noticed that
some speakers don\'t appear to be with you when they are speaking to
you. Perhaps they appear fidget...

Power Presentations Tip: 06 - Focus on the 80%
80 will get you 90

Imagine if you were successful 90% of the time. That would be
amazing.
We humans have a natural urge to try to please everybody. That is
the main reason we have trouble saying \"n...

Power Presentations Tip: 05 - Be like a talk show host
Be like a talk show host


Are you ready for a simple and effective method to both write and
deliver your presentation?
Interview yourself.
Pick your topic. Decide on your key message. Design the p...

Power Presentations Tip: 04 - Zip it, Zip it Good
© 2008 George Torok
Power Presentations Tip

Zip it. Zip it good.
What\'s more powerful than your words?
Your silence.
The well placed pause is the simplest communication tool. The pause
conveys your c...

Power Presentations Tip: 03 Google-ize Your Presentation
Does your presentation pass the Google test?

Learn from Google. They know something about the presentation of
information. They took the chaotic information soup of the Internet
and presented the in...

Power Presentations Tip: 02 Begin with the end in mind
Begin with the end in mind
Stephen Covey offers this advice in his book, The 7 Habits of
Highly Effective People. The book is written to develop personal
leadership.
You can apply this habit to your ...

Power Presentations Tip: 01 It's not about you
It\'s not about you
Your presentation is not about you. It\'s about your audience. How
can you create a presentation that is about your audience?
Know your audience
First, you need to understand their ...

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