Excellence in Business Communication, 13th Edition
Chapter 14. Developing and Delivering Business Presentations
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"Facial expressions are a universal language of emotion, instantly conveying happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and much more.
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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.
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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.
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"Public speaking is hard enough without shooting yourself in the foot with simple mistakes.
Andrew Donnelly has some tips at Mikogo.
Follow these steps distilled from Duarte’s decades of experience crafting presentations for major corporations.
Ben Schott (photo, left) presents his ten words.
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"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.
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"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.