Follow these steps distilled from Duarte’s decades of experience crafting presentations for major corporations.

"Whether you're on a date or meeting a client for the first time, you want to make a good first impression.

"Whether you are a manager explaining new programs to your employees, a chief financial officer giving a financial update to the media, or a vice president speaking in front of your board of directors, following these 10 suggestions will help you achieve presentation success: .

"What's surprising is how few of us rehearse the way we will move on stage during presentations.

Take a look at the videos.

Bryan Eisenberg covers the topic in an article at ClickZ.

In a short video, Brian Halligan interviews David Meerman Scott (photo, left) about the ideas in Scott's book - The New Rules of Sales and Service: How to Use Agile Selling, Real-Time Customer Engagement, Big Data, Content, and Storytelling to Grow Your Business.

Kim Lachance Shandrow speaks with Simon Sinek, one of the most popular TED presenters.

"Applying for a job typically consists of providing two documents to your potential employer: a resume and a cover letter.

"Some studies say you've only got 15 seconds to grab an audience's attention, while others say it's closer to a minute," writes Richard Feloni of BusinessInsider.

"An epidemic of bad, inefficient, overcrowded meetings is plaguing the world’s businesses — and making workers miserable.

“The obligation to be understood is from the one who speaks or writes, not from the one who hears or reads.

"Over the years SOAP has helped clients to create and deliver thousands of presentations in a lot of countries and in more markets and areas than we can count.

The editors at SOAP (State of the Art Presentations) report on the topic.

"Most people know they should ask questions at the end of a job interview, but what do you ask?

"Hiring managers spend just six seconds on your resume before they decide on you — this is exactly what they look at.

Matt Johnston (photo, left) presents a video on his 8 tips for Google Search.

"While you may end up being asked the standard "what is your weakness" question at a job interview, a sneaky employer may try to slip in some questions that are illegal to ask, in order to gain some possibly sensitive information.

"When we speak, we have about 60 seconds to capture our audience's attention, establish credibility, orient them to our topic, and motivate them to listen, says Darlene Price, president of Well Said, Inc.

Fergal Glynn posts his list.

"At work and at home, we want what we want.

"Does a set of data make you feel more comfortable?

"No matter how unselfish you are, you probably still find yourself trying to influence people to do the things you want them to do.

"Giving a presentation is very similar to public speaking.