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In the Beginning

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Every story has three parts, a beginning, a middle and an end.  We can thank Aristotle for that concept.  As children we loved stories at bedtime and by the camp fire.  As adults, that love affair has not dwindled.  We love stories and it is an effective way of communication since humans have been using stories as a way of communicating for thousands of years.  Many people say that they can not tell good stories let alone write them.  This series of blogs on writing a script will be based on Cliff Atkinson’s “Beyond Bullet Points” book which I use with my work and think it is a very valuable tool for anyone who is serious about improving their presentation performance and effectiveness.  I strongly suggest you purchase the book and keep it close by as a reference tool. I will spend the next series of blog entries talking about the first part of the story telling process, the beginning.   The story script template can be found on Cliff’s blog.

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June 30th, 2009 |

Tags: audience, communication, Presentation Preparation, presentations, presenting, story telling




It is all about the story.

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Olivia Mitchell posted a blog on June 2 titled,  “Why the stickiest idea in presenting is just plain wrong.” In this post she stated the following:

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June 11th, 2009 |

Tags: communication, Corporate Presentations, corporate story telling, Presentation Preparation, story telling




Is Prezi the Answer?

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There is a relatively new presentation tool out there called Prezi.  It is a different way of organizing your thoughts for presentations and presenting them in an interactive format.  While Prezi is cool because it is different, it is not the solution for bad presentations as some have made it out to be.  I have read some blog posts saying it is impossible to be boring with Prezi.  My answer to that is never underestimate the human potential.

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April 30th, 2009 |

Tags: communicaton, Corporate Presentations, non-linear Presentation, PowerPoint, Presentation Preparation, presentations, Prezi




Top Three Mistakes Made When Raising Venture Capital

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What are the top three mistakes made when someone tries to raise venture capital?  I had a chance to sit in on a blog radio show hosted by Daisy Wright who is a career coach.  She had as her guest, Business Consultant & Venture Capital Expert Prerna Chandak of Lemonade Capital.

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April 23rd, 2009 |

Tags: Corporate Presentations, Management, Presentation Preparation, presentations, Venture Capital




Hang in there, this is going to be a journey.

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Anyone who has read my posts will recognize the title.  I use this phrase to sign off on every post.  A friend of mine asked me a while ago why I selected that phrase.  From my experience, life is a journey.  Whatever you do or plan to create in your life is just part of a much bigger journey.  Our job is to find out where we are going, why we are going there and who will we become once we get there.  This post is dedicated to a dear family friend who came to the end of her journey on this earth on Saturday.

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April 19th, 2009 |

Tags: Death of a family pet, Life is a journey




The Importance of Presentation Branding with PowerPoint Templates

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Branding your presentation.PowerPoint is often used when making a presentation.  I have sat through hundreds of presentations at symposiums, meetings, forums and conferences and I see the same template themes come up.  I asked myself why people choose to use the standard templates offered by Microsoft and why wouldn’t they try to be a little more creative?  Is it due to lack of time, training or courage?

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April 6th, 2009 |

Tags: corporate branding, Corporate Presentations, persuade, PowerPoint, presentations, Templates




How to Keep Your Job and 4 Ways to Get it Done

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In today's business climate, this is often a familiar scene.This is an all-to-familiar scene in business today.  Mid level and upper management executives are being terminated.  Lets face it, it is not a pretty scenario out there.

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March 30th, 2009 |

Tags: communication, Corporate Presentations, Fear of Public Speaking, Job Security, Management, presentations, public speaking




Don’t Sweat When Presenting the SWOT

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Conducting a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats) Analysis is a common marketing tool in business today.  A SWOT is often done annually during the planning exercises for the next fiscal year.

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March 24th, 2009 |

Tags: Add new tag, communication, Corporate Presentations, persuade, positive affirmations, PowerPoint, presentations, presenting, story telling, SWOT Analysis




How to Always Provide the Right Message in Print

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You make several presentations to your department and to people in other departments of your company.  These type of presentations are difficult to prepare for because your meetings and presentations are often frequent, you do not have many resources for the preparation of your presentation and handouts and you don’t have a lot of time.  With time, money and assistance not available, how can you provide handouts of your presentation that will re-enforce your message?

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March 19th, 2009 |

Tags: communicaton, Handouts, inform, PowerPoint Purpose, Presentation Preparation, presentations




Breaking all the Rules

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Many prophets of presentation design and skill speak about the horrors of adding text only to slides, word for word.  On top of that, there have been studies showing that reading the text off of a slide, word for word is not effective.  I tend to agree with this however every now and then someone comes along and breaks the rules with flair and brilliance.

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March 12th, 2009 |

Tags: communicaton, positive affirmations, PowerPoint Purpose, Presentation Preparation, presentations, presenting




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