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3 tips to help CIOs deliver poised presentations Follow these tips to deliver presentations that will help you persuade customers, gain allies and motivate employees. |
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PowerPoint Is Evil Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely. Slideware may help speakers outline their talks, but convenience for the speaker can be punishing to both content and audience. |
Entrepreneur March 2006 Kimberly L. McCall |
All That Jazz Be the star of your next presentation with these tips for wowing your audience. |
HBS Working Knowledge September 6, 2005 Roly Grimshaw |
Telling the Numbers Story Time and again, leaders fail at conveying to employees just what the latest quarterly update, competitive analysis, or division report really means. Rather than motivating and inspiring employees with data, leaders end up boring and confusing them instead. |
CIO January 1, 2002 |
How to Prepare for a Speech Questions to ask about a speaking engagement and how to prepare and deliver your presentation. |
Fast Company August 2005 Kerry J. Sulkowicz |
The Corporate Shrink Why are we obsessed with PowerPoint? Because the best presentations are those that evoke a sense of conversation, establishing an emotional connection between speaker and audience. |
AskMen.com July 24, 2003 Ian Harrison |
How To Prepare For A Presentation Whether you'd like to or not, it is an inevitable fact of life that one day you will have to make a presentation at work. Some people do them every other day, have their act down pat and have become naturals. Others, however, need some polish in order to convey their message to their audience. |
CIO May 1, 2012 Lauren Brousell |
3 Tips for Impactful Presentations If you want to make a strong impression while giving a presentation during a professional event, follow these three tips. |
Entrepreneur May 2008 Guy Kawasaki |
Rule of Thumb Make sure your message is loud and clear by following the 10/20/30 rule of Powerpoint. |
Search Engine Watch June 29, 2010 Simon Heseltine |
Presentation Tools: An SEO's New Best Friend? To become a successful in-house SEO, these presentation skills are vital to getting buy-in for your ideas within your organization. |
AskMen.com Terence Channon |
Elements Of A Good PowerPoint Presentation In today's business world, ideas sketched on a napkin are no good and hardly up to par. PowerPoint is the hands-down choice for pitching your ideas, products and services. Read on for the useful elements an effective PowerPoint presentation should have. |
AskMen.com Eric Santos |
How To Give A Work Presentation Never flub a work presentation again with thanks to these helpful tips. |
HBS Working Knowledge October 6, 2003 Nick Morgan |
Speechwriting Under the Gun It doesn't matter to your audience if you have ten days or ten minutes to write a speech. You still must deliver. Here are tips for speeding your speech prep. |
PC Magazine July 13, 2004 Bill Howard |
Showtime Follies The PowerPoint road show presentation lives on, despite maltreatment of the art form by occasionally clueless presenters. |
AskMen.com Carmine Gallo |
7 Ways To Captivate A Corporate Audience Here are some ideas to help you stand out when you're speaking to a professional audience. |
Inc. March 1, 2010 John Brandon |
4 Great PowerPoint Tools New ways to make your presentations yawn-proof |
PC World February 2006 Melissa J. Perenson |
Ovation Spruces Up PowerPoint Shows Serious Magic's software enables users of PowerPoint 2002 or later to extend the creative possibilities of their presentations. |
Inc. May 2006 Ellen Neuborne |
Making Your (Power) Point Presentations don't have to be a bore. Here are six new ways to liven them up. TurningPoint... Ovation for PowerPoint... Keynote 3... Thermometer for PowerPoint... etc. |
CIO December 21, 2009 Maryfran Johnson |
Honest Feedback for Public Speakers: How to Get It and Give It Speakers crave useful critiques of their talks yet most people shy away from offering helpful feedback. But good speakers are always looking to fine-tune their craft. |
CIO March 31, 2009 Maryfran Johnson |
Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking How audience-centered speaking can help you conquer stage fright. |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2007 John R. Brandt |
Brandt On Leadership -- Missing The (Power) Point When bullet points fly, attention spans die. |
CIO May 29, 2013 Lauren Brousell |
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Financial Advisor August 2007 Joel Bruckenstein |
Powerful Indeed In the financial service industry, it is not enough to be a great technician -- you also have to be a good communicator. Microsoft's PowerPoint program can be a great asset when communicating ideas and financial concepts to others. |
Inc. March 2004 Kevin Ferguson |
Reinventing The Powerpoint New tech tools to liven your tired old PowerPoint presentations and give your online marketing efforts a boost. |
Searcher September 2007 Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Performing on Stage Sooner or later, everyone has to engage in public speaking. You need to be able to stand on your feet, stare out at an audience staring back, and tell them what you want them to know lucidly, effectively, and with some humor, wit, or even eloquence. |
AskMen.com Nate Steere |
Timeless Public Speaking Laws If you're trying to get ahead at work you should be thrilled to hear you that have a speech coming up; public speaking is one of the best ways to get ahead in your career. Here are five timeless public speaking rules. |
Geotimes February 2004 |
The Pitfalls of PowerFluff I knew I hated PowerPoint, but it took Edward Tufte to help me understand why. The presentation sucked the meaning out of what had started as an important message, and the plan was reduced to a list of platitudes. |
Inc. July 2009 John Brandon |
Cheap Alternatives to PowerPoint These three presentation tools, SlideRocket, Zoho Show, and Impress are like PowerPoint, only free. |
Job Journal June 19, 2005 Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: Good Speeches Start Strong Powerful pointers for giving a presentation. |
AskMen.com Carmine Gallo |
7 Body Language Killers When you have an interview, give a presentation, run a sales meeting, or do anything else that puts you in the hot seat, what does your body language say about you? And how do you develop better skills? By avoiding these killer habits. |
PC Magazine December 30, 2003 |
15 Top PowerPoint Tips Work faster and take your presentations to the next level with these 15 nifty techniques. |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2003 Selena Maranjian |
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On Beyond Powerpoint Presentations get a wake-up call. |
CFO July 1, 2004 Kate O'Sullivan |
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Entrepreneur December 2008 Kim T. Gordon |
Marketing Presentations Go Virtual Fight the high cost of gas and air travel with your own webinars. |
AskMen.com May 20, 2001 Michael Bucci |
Improve Your Public Speaking Speaking in public does not come naturally for most people. However, if you aspire to success, you'll need to master the art of public speaking. Well, perhaps not master it, but at least be comfortable with yourself when speaking in front of a crowd... |
CFO March 1, 2007 Laura DeMars |
Uh, Is This Microphone On? Experts say anyone can become a better public speaker -- even a CFO. Here are some tips. |
CIO September 9, 2009 Maryfran Johnson |
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InternetNews November 3, 2009 |
Now Showing: PowerPoint Gets a Comparison Tool Workshare has introduced software that gives Microsoft Office PowerPoint users several new capabilities, helping users manage different versions of presentations. |
AskMen.com Roberto Rocha |
15 Ways To Communicate Like A Pro How can you communicate like a champ? Below you'll find 15 cardinal rules -- learn them, absorb them and incorporate them into every speech or presentation you make. |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Now You Can Deliver Your Own Webcast Apreso can synchronize your slides with a video or audio presentation |
Macworld April 2003 Franklin Tessler |
Keynote 1.0 Apple's new presentation software dazzles but lacks key features |
PC Magazine February 1, 2008 Helen Bradley |
Add Actions to PowerPoint Ready to shake up your PowerPoint presentations? Consider Actions. |
Inc. August 2003 Adam Hanft |
Grist: More Power Than Point PowerPoint (or "presentation software") has become the lingua franca of American business. It's also become the problem with American business. |
PC World October 26, 2007 Ryan Naraine |
Web Presentation Apps: Glide Outshines Google Glide Presenter 2.0 could be a PowerPoint replacement; Google's presentation software is good for basic projects and collaboration. |
PC Magazine July 13, 2004 Helen Bradley |
Lights, Camera, Action Microsoft Producer lets you create movie-like presentations that put boring old slide shows to shame. |
Fast Company November 2008 Dan & Chip Heath |
How to Avoid Making a Bad Presentation How to prevent bad PowerPoint from happening to good people. |
CIO November 15, 2001 David S. Clarke |
What's the Point? PowerPoint reduces conversation to simpleminded bullet points. To get your group talking again, try giving one-way presentations the boot... |
PC Magazine April 6, 2004 Robert P. Lipschutz |
Ready, Click, Present Sonic Foundry was a well-known and well-respected developer of multimedia tools, so it came as a bit of a shock when it sold off its consumer software lines. |