Business Communication Essentials, 7th Ed.
Chapter 12. Developing and Delivering Business Presentations
See Damon Nofar's slideshow - 8 Tips for an Awesome PowerPoint Presentation - at BusinessInsider.
"As mobile work styles become increasingly popular, odds are you’re going to wind up hosting a video conference or webinar sometime in the near future.
"It’s fairly inevitable: at some point in your career, you’re likely to be asked to make a presentation," remarks Bernard Marr.
"Not all leaders are great communicators.
Follow these steps distilled from Duarte’s decades of experience crafting presentations for major corporations.
"A sales presentation should be short, simple and concise; your audience will retain a maximum of 3-4 posts per presentation, so take advantage to target your customer by taking about their needs to gain their trust.
"If you’re interested in keeping your audience engaged, engrossed, and enrapt (or at least awake), here are 7 PowerPoint tips that will help you grab and keep their attention," declares Monique Torres (photo, left) in an article at Act-On.
Haiku Deck gives their picks for "Decks of the Year.
Andrew Donnelly has some tips at Mikogo.
Follow these steps distilled from Duarte’s decades of experience crafting presentations for major corporations.
"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.
Kim Lachance Shandrow speaks with Simon Sinek, one of the most popular TED presenters.
"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.
“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.
"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.
"Giving a presentation is very similar to public speaking.
"There are so many interesting facts and numbers in the world of presentations, this infographic could be 5 times the size.
According to Matt Johnston, "We're always negotiating both at work and at home.
According to Richard Feloni, "Once you finish your written speech or PowerPoint slides, you're only halfway done preparing a great presentation.
Take a look at this infographic at elearninginfographics.
"We all want what we want, but it's always difficult to figure out how to get it," writes Matt Johnston in the introduction to his video on the topic of power words.