You already know that you shouldn’t stand behind a podium, that it’s important to practice, and that PowerPoint can get boring.

I spoke last week to a group of executives and one of the challenges that I saw in their presentations was the tendency to put spreadsheets on their slides when talking about financial topics.

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Peter Jeff (photo, left), adjunct public speaking instructor, says, "You can make your speechwriting sing by learning lessons from songwriters.

David Meadvin (photo, left), founder of the speechwriting firm Inkwell Strategies, is often asked "about how to write a winning speech.

Dave Johnson (photo, left), author of three dozen books and a former contributor to PC World and Wired, writes, "Mom always said not to judge a book by its cover, but the fact remains that most folks are going to judge the quality of your presentation by the quality of your visuals.

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Learn how to convert a PowerPoint presentation into a sharable video.

Ian Griffin recently attended a forum where Kim A.

According to Nancy Duarte (photo, left), "Story is the most powerful way to persuade, whether you're persuading to sell your book or persuading to sell your idea.

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Download the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for use in preparing your solution for Case 5.

Download this PDF file, the executive summary of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, to complete Message for Analysis 13.

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Follow LinkedIn’s etiquette guide for students and recent graduates to increase your response rate and to maintain positive networking connections.

This document describes several intriguing new examples of social networks designed exclusively for members of certain professions or industries.

Seth Godin says, "The best marketers, of course, use the needle and the vise at the same time.

A pie chart is better than a data table to show proportions in data.

When dealing with difficult audiences, it's important to be aware of the cast of characters involved.

When dealing with difficult audiences, it's important to be aware of the cast of characters involved.

As presenters, we regularly need to show our audiences how to fill out forms.

When replacing text with a visual, don't make the mistake of thinking that you need a fancy or complex visual.

Guy Kawasaki illustrates a simple-to-remember and truly effective mini-set of rules to conquer PowerPoint's typical low-legibility, visual boredom, and inability to augment the presentation being delivered.

Analogies are a good way to help the audience understand your point.