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Tag Archives: Presentations

Mastering the Elevator Pitch

Ok… these important opportunities for communicating value may not always occur in an elevator, but they do happen frequently. In the airport – in the line at the store – or at a conference, the time will come sooner or later when someone (who could be important to you and your company) asks THE question…. [...]

The Presentation Visual – 1

Let’s be honest. Most presenter’s PowerPoint presentations are a mind numbing collection of bullets, sub-bullets, charts, bad illustrations, jaggy images or playful clipart. The art of “giving” a presentation has never been raised to such a meaningless artform. What about people actually “getting” our presentations? This session will introduce 3 simple pointers for bringing some [...]

A Presentation Reality Check

What if there was a single simple perspective that would help presenters everywhere create and deliver better presentations? Well there is. This rarely considered ‘prime directive’ for presenters focuses on the very reason for presenting and takes on all the well-entrenched paradigms about the presentation process. With this simple principle in mind (and taken to [...]

The 4 Fatal Mistakes of RFP/RFQ Presentations

When it comes to responding to RFPs and RFQs, one thing is for sure, no one pops the cork if you come in second place.  Not even the best companies win them all, but an organization should NEVER lose a major project opportunity because your live presentation team failed to articulate the proposal details, deliver them [...]

Adaptive Communication Skills

One size may fit all in baseball caps and hockey sticks, but rarely is that the case with our personal communication styles. We live in a world of people who often process information and ideas very differently from our own natural style. Unfortunately, most presenters today simply “give” information in a way that’s most natural for [...]