Business Communication Today, 15th Ed.
Chapter 17. Enhancing Presentations with Slides and Other Visuals
"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.
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"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.
Kristin Piombino (photo, left) gives the facts and offers up an infographic.
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Andrew Donnelly has some tips at Mikogo.
"If you love infographics, you're hardly alone.
"You only have few seconds to capture their attention before your message gets drowned in the sea of updates.
"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: .
"Data never sleeps.
"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.
Corey Eridon (photo, left) examines the data on the topic and provides the introduction to the infographic.
Take a look at the infographic on the topic at eLearningInfoGraphics.
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"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.