View Original Article Most hecklers are made, not born. If people don?t feel listened to they will turn into hecklers. So the critical step to avoid making hecklers out of people in your audience is to listen.
At the Presentation Camp in LA last year I facilitated a session on handling a heckler. Lisa Braithwaite?s husband videoed the session, [...]
How to manage feedback from the presentation backchannel
View Original Article In my eBook How to present with a backchannel I recommend that the first time you present with a backchannel, you shouldn?t try and monitor or respond to feedback in real-time (the term backchannel refers to an online conversation taking place at the same time as people are talking live). I?ve changed my mind. The [...]
What you need to know before using a cartoon in your presentation
View Original Article I was reviewing a technical presentation for a client. The topic was the latest dental procedures. Every few slides a cartoon popped up. Cartoons about people with bad teeth. They were tangentially relevant to the topic of the presentation ? but didn?t help to promote the message of the presentation. When I asked the client [...]
6 presentation tips from a professional speaker
View Original Article Scott Berkun?s book Confessions of a public speaker is an entertaining and enlightening read on what it what it takes, and what it?s like, to be a professional speaker.
I?ve shamelessly cherry-picked the presentation tips from Scott?s book that I most agree with.
1. Let go of perfection
If you?d like to be good at something, the first [...]
What?s my best presentation tip for the presentations that you do?
View Original Article Every type of presentation has its own challenges. As part of a ?Public Speaking and the New Year? blog carnival organized by Angela DeFinis, I?ve identified what I see as the major challenge or trend for each presentation type in 2010 and given you my best presentation tip to overcome it.
Best presentation tip for [...]
How to handle a texting audience
View Original Article A reader asked me this question:
Some of us who are 45+ are finding that younger people text and use computers during presentations to the point of rudeness. This happens even when others in the presentation give great evaluations. We think we’ll be seen as “old farts” if we ask them to disengage. How do [...]
