Archive for The Business Side of Speaking
Better than Text
It never ceases to amaze me that I will be sitting in an audience listening to a speaker and people are either texting, reading their e-mail, or surfing the net on their cell phones. It happens at my Rotary Club all the time, and I think it’s rude. That being said, there are three realities [...]
Speaking to Influence Video Lesson 1 - WIIFM
PowerPointer #2 - Images Say 1000 Words
Please, please do your audience a favor. Don’t fill up your Power Point ® slides with text. Even if you don’t read it to them (see PowerPointer #1), there’s nothing more boring than a bunch of text.
Just like stories are critical in speeches, images are also important to conveying your message. If you have images [...]
Questions and Answers Strategy
I gave a 60-minute presentation this morning for the Nursing Management students at Olympic College in Bremerton. One of the questions was on dealing with questions and answers in a presentation. Here are a few strategies to consider…
- Never end with Q&A. I know you see it about 98% of the time, but it’s wrong. [...]
Oops.
You may have seen or heard about this by now. MSNBC host Contessa Brewer introduced the Reverend Jesse Jackson by the wrong name. You can see Jackson seething as he’s called the Reverend Al Sharpton. I found this on Alan Weiss’ blog and Alan made an excellent point about “being in the moment.” Here’s mine…
Did [...]
Extemporaneous Excellence
I was fortunate to speak yesterday to the Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) of South Puget Sound on the topic of the value of powerful presentation skills.
One of the key learning points we discussed was what I call “Extemporaneous Excellence.” I bet 95% or more of our professional and personal conversations during a day [...]
Teleconference on Social Media tomorrow
Just a reminder that my teleconference titled -
“Untangling the Web: Leveraging Social Media for the Business Leader - An Interview with Doug Petch, is slated for tomorrow.
Here is what you get:
Increased awareness of how you can leverage social media tools for your business.
Strategies to quickly and efficiently implement these tools.
Clarity and direction on this growing [...]
The Weedin Forums
I am very excited to announce that I’ve just launched my exclusive forums for my professional community and it’s available to join immediately.
The Weedin Forums will be a place where C-level executives, small business owners, business professionals, and business leaders can come to learn, grow, and be challenged. The forums have many categories meant to [...]
Never Having to Say Your Sorry
An article in today’s New York Times details President Barack Obama’s retraction for a comment he made regarding the arrest of an African-American Harvard professor by a white law enforcement officer. He said that the police had “acted stupidly” in the arrest. What’s more, the comments came in a press conference on his health care [...]
Go Ahead & Laugh Now Available
I am thrilled to be a contributing author to a brand new book on how to help you add humor to every presentation you give. Go Ahead & Laugh: A Serious Guide to Speaking with Humor is now available on this site. Look right at the top of this page and you will find a [...]
