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September 2006 |
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To Create An Executive Briefing Presentation Stay Focused on the Big Picture
and Key Issues. |
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Focus on big
picture. Let the CEO take you into the weeds.
That’s the
philosophy of a strong executive briefing. A tight, high-level
message inspires confidence. “If you can’t tell it to me quick,”
one manufacturing executive told us recently, “you probably don’t
have a strong understanding of the issues.”
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If you
Want to Improve Your Hand Gestures, Consider Focusing on
Your Facial Energy. |
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The face bone is
connected to the wrist bone.
That’s right. Very
often, when our clients are having trouble improving their hand gestures,
we’ll focus on their facial energy. That’s because if you improve
facial energy, the gestures will often improve.
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Edward Tufte is "Mr. Anti-PowerPoint". But Are His
Ideas Useful for Business? |
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To hear Edward
Tufte tell it, PowerPoint is a killer app that actually kills.
Truly.
He points to a poorly done PowerPoint presentation as a cause for
the space shuttle Columbia disaster. An author and former
Yale professor, Tufte argues that the imprecise nature of
PowerPoint glossed over the true cause of the disaster. The presenters who analyzed the foam debris that caused
the disaster, Tufte claims, were too imprecise by virtue of the use
of PowerPoint.
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A Public Speaking Tip from Bob Dylan. |
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“If the point is
sharp and the arrow is swift, it can pierce through the dust, no
matter how thick.”
Those are the
words of Bob Dylan from the song “Restless Farewell” off his album
“The Times They Are A-Changin’”.
And Dylan may
have been talking about how to deliver a great presentation. That
is, if you’re message is sharp and focused, it can pierce through
the dust and move an audience.
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Want to Nail Your Next Business Presentation? Let Our Coaches
Help You Be a Star! |
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When Henry Ford
introduced the Model T, the joke was that you could have your car
any color you wanted “Just so long as you want black.”
Unfortunately, most public speaking training is the same way.
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