Tweet Effective presentation skills are critical for knowledge transfer, lecturing, sales, teaching, training and even personal activities such as serving on the board of a homeowner’s association. The power of a presentation is the key differentiator between success and failure when persuading colleagues, inspiring a team and/or presenting an idea to stakeholders. If you’re unsure…
Category: Communication Skills
12 Points for Effective Meetings
Tweet At times we all wish we could see a bumper sticker on the back of a car that reads, “Meetings Happen!” because it is inevitable that some time during the week, we will be sitting in a meeting of some sort. Picture this for a moment; it is a great morning and you are getting…
Developing Public Speaking Courage and Self-Confidence
Tweet Since 1912, more than five hundred thousand men and women have been members of Dale Carnegie’s public speaking course. Many of them have written statements telling why they enrolled for this training and what they hoped to obtain from it. While the phraseology varied, the central desire in these letters—the basic “want” from the…
Tie Your Topic to the Vital Interests of Your Audience
Tweet Dale Carnegie knew that the most effective way to open a presentation or public speech is to go straight to the personal interests of the audience. It is the most assured way to get attention, as we are mightily interested in the things that touch us significantly. In his book, “How to Develop Self…