by Rick Baker
On Oct 14, 2010
The number-one guidelines for planning and presenting Business Communications:
- Audiences need to visualize your ideas to bring clarity, interest, and credibility to them.
- You must be challenging, interesting, surprising, alive, energized, and original to get and hold the audience’s attention today.
- You need to involve your audience and interact with them to keep them with you.
Sonya Hamlin’s advice meshes well with that of Philip Theibert and the advice of the Heath brothers, Chip & Dan.
So, from now on,
every time I create a new presentation I will refer to the following 3
Thought Posts:
And, at least once a quarter, I will revisit the compilation of advice from Dale Carnegie, Peter Urs Bender, and Stephanie Palmer contained in
Compelling Presentations.
Footnote:
Why improve your public speaking skills?
Brian Tracy provides lots of good reasons…
- You will attract the attention of people who can help you
- New doors will open for you
- You will feel more confident
- You will increase your self-esteem
- You will be given opportunities to use your developing skills at higher and higher levels