Fourteen Tips on Conquering the Presentation

When presenting, you need to hold your audience's attention, convey information, and persuade people to act, while all the time guarding against anything that could derail your performance. This article provides 14 tips to help you master this balancing act.

Presentation Skills - Three simple Steps to Creating a Successful & Memorable Presentation

Whether it's presenting to your manager, a team of colleagues, or pitching for new business the success of any presentation is dependent on structuring a clear message and delivering that message with confidence and conviction. But how do you ensure that your presentation has a good structure with a message that is clear enough for your audience in the first place? This article by Liz Banks provides some very simple principles that will help you create a presentation that has more chance of being remembered and acted upon by your audience.

Presentation Tips for Beginners

Nervous about your next presentation? Does standing in front of a live audience make you want to run and hide? You more than likely to need to spend more time on planning, and less time on needless worry. New Zealand presentations coach and media trainer Greg Ward explains.

Licensing: Help To Grow Existing Product Lines

The attraction of licensing trademarks for business intentions appears to be at an all-time high, mostly in the fashion arena where consumers are buying more licensed products and brand names than ever before. For retailers, licensing opportunities provide them with a point of difference from their competitors.

May I Have Your Attention, Please? Five Ways to Retain Focus and Stay in the Moment

Whether you find it difficult to remain attentive with customers, peers, family or yourself, the ability to remain connected without daydreaming is possible. So how do you stay present and in the moment? The following are five ways to help keep your head in the game and strengthen your attentiveness skills:

Why a Portable Table is More than Just an Add On to Your Trade Show Display

Many trade show display exhibitors spend countless hours researching the purchase of their trade show display as well as hours and thousands of dollars in the design of the graphics for that display, there may be a very important part of the puzzle missing if consideration has not been given to adding a portable table of some kind to the marketing environment.

How to Choose the Right Paper - Part 2

Choosing the most appropriate quality paper for your project can be a daunting task. Paper has many features to consider and new sheets are continually coming into the market. To help you with this complex decision, we’ve compiled a list of top ten tips to make it easier to choose.

7 Presentation Skills Tips from a Professional Speaker

Most presentation skills coaches teach you the mechanics of speaking to make you look and feel mechanical. To be a truly amazing speaker, you've got to move beyond mechanics to dynamics. In this and other articles, I'll teach you how to be a dynamite speaker.

How to Unleash Your Inner Comedian

Where did we learn that we have to be serious all the time to be taken seriously? In my experience, it's just not true. When people laugh, they learn. With this in mind, let's explore how you can be funnier when you give a speech or presentation. I've coached hundreds of speaker and have come to one simple conclusion: everybody is funny. But most of us have spent years trying not to be funny in professional situations in an attempt to be taken seriously. As a result most people don’t have a clue what their funny looks, sounds and feels like.

How to Write and Deliver A Dynamite Speech - Part Two

A Dynamite Speech is an experience that delivers hope as well as content. In this second article on the Dynamite Speech System, I expand on Part One. Learn how to introduce yourself, communicate your idea or vision and inspire people with our leadership ability.

7 Surprising Ways To Turn Your Speaking Engagement Into a Marketing Success

You've been invited to speak to a business networking group - a great way to attract clients to your professional service. How can you transform your talk to attract more clients?

Stop Pouring Money Down the Power Point Drain

What if you found out that the more time your company spends on writing and rewriting slides, the less money it makes? There's a direct correlation between profitability and using slides as the default delivery system for all information. Decrease the use of slides and increase the bottom line.

Environmentally Friendly Print Design - How To Save The Planet And Look Good

The printing industry is notoriously bad for the environment, right? Noxious chemicals dripping into rivers, forests cut down to produce monumental amounts of useless direct mail, not to mention wasteful graphic designers twatting about in their 4x4's and SUVs, there is however an alternative-