How long do you think you have before your audience starts forming an impression of you? Five seconds? Ten? Longer? Researchers at Princeton found that just a tenth of a second is enough. After seeing a stranger’s face for that brief moment, people formed judgments about trustworthiness, competence, and likeability that barely changed, even when[…]
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First Impressions: Why Your Audience Decides Before You Speak
Presentation Skills, Public Speaking May 17, 2015
5 Body Language Tips Every Presenter Should Master
Advice, Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking May 01, 2015
There are countless body language tips we could offer presenters, but this article focuses on five of the simplest and most powerful. When there’s a mismatch between what we say and how we say it, the impact of our message is dramatically reduced. People won’t trust what you say if your body contradicts your words.[…]
How to Use Your Public Speaking Voice With Power and Presence
Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Apr 23, 2015
You’ve done the work, you understand your audience and have crafted the conversation you want to have, know your story inside out, and you’ve pictured what success looks like. Now comes the part many presenters overlook: how you use your voice. Effective communication is both verbal and nonverbal. The words you choose matter enormously,[…]
How to Manage Presentation Nerves and Speak with Confidence
Anxiety, Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Apr 09, 2015
Y Would you like to learn how to manage presentation nerves? Even George Foreman, twice heavyweight boxing champion of the world, once said, “I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches”, and he didn’t even have to speak. If a world champion can feel nervous[…]
Presentation Rehearsal: Why Reading It Through Isn’t Enough
Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Apr 02, 2015
Here is what most people mean when they say they have rehearsed. They settle in at their desk, click through the slides, and quietly say the words to themselves. It goes a little faster than the real thing, which is the first hint that it’s not quite the same. When they reach the end, they[…]
Presentation Visualisation: You’re Already Doing It
Advice, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Mar 19, 2015
If someone is dreading a presentation, ask them what they think might happen, and they can usually tell you in great detail. Not in vague terms. They know exactly which slide it happens on, which question they can’t answer, and roughly who asks it. They can describe the silence that follows, the walk back[…]
