March 2016

Archive for March, 2016

Permission to Speak – Leadership Blog – Kelly Vandever Interviews Charlene Li on the Engaged Leader

Permission to Speak

Video Blog & Podcast

Hosted by Leadership Communications Expert Kelly Vandever

Permission to Speak is the video blog and podcast that loiters at the intersections of leaders who want their people to speak up, technology that facilitates connections, and results that serve an organization’s higher purpose.
Our guest for this episode: Charlene Li

Topics discussed:
– Internet giving individuals a voice

– technology shifting the balance of power inside and outside of organizations

– disruption

– people power

– digital transformation of organizations

– new ways of working

– difference …

Thursday, March 31st, 2016 Category: Book Recommendations, Communication, Company Culture, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Permission to Speak, Social Business, Speaking Up at Work, Workplace Environment 2 Comments

Permission to Speak – Leadership Blog – Kelly Vandever Interviews Kevin Jones on Organizational Culture and Employee Engagement

Permission to Speak

Video Blog & Podcast

Hosted by Leadership Communications Expert Kelly Vandever

Our guest for this episode: Kevin Jones

Topics discussed:

Employee engagement
Work Zombies
Create work environments where employees love what they do
Social tools in the work environment
Change agent program
Empowering employees to instigate change
Enterprise …

Tuesday, March 29th, 2016 Category: Book Recommendations, Communication, Company Culture, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Permission to Speak, Social Business, Speaking Up at Work, Workplace Environment No Comments

Information vs. Presentation Decks

by Bob Goodyear

Several years ago, I was asked to do a technical sales presentation for a Fortune 100 company that could lead to a very large software contract. All of the technical decision makers for the company would be in the audience as well as the CIO. This was a very important meeting for the sales team and I was being asked to come in as an expert to close the technical end of the sale.

As I prepared for the event, the lead sales executive …

Monday, March 28th, 2016 Tags: business presentations, Improve Your Presenation, PowerPoint Mistakes, PowerPoint Presentations, PowerPoint Slide Tips
Category: Annoying Public Speaking Habits, Business Presentations, Conference Presentations, PowerPoint Slides, Presentation Structure, Presentation Tips, Presentation Tools, Sales Presentations 6 Comments

Quotable Quotes

by Claudia Brogan

Why do we take the time to include quotes in our presentations and speeches?

Though there are many ways to answer that question, I believe that we do so to get the clear attention of our audience, to provide encouragement and perspective, and to frame a useful lesson in a pithy way.

When making final preparations for a recent panel presentation, my co-presenter asked me to swiftly choose three great quotes that would epitomize my key points. The spontaneous idea was to create a handout of pithy …

Monday, March 21st, 2016 Category: Audience, Audience Interaction, Business Presentations, Conference Presentations, Presentation Structure, Presentation Tips, Presentation Tools, Presentation Voice, Storytelling in Presentations No Comments

5 Ways to Increase Authenticity in Your Presentations

by Natalie Gallagher

Most speakers, with enough practice, can overcome the common pitfalls of a bad presentation: using too many “ums” and “ahs,” using too many notes, not moving around the stage, figuring out what to do with your arms, etc. But even the most experienced speakers struggle with something that keeps their presenting from being truly great: authenticity.

Authenticity is what connects you to the audience; it’s what gets them to really pay attention and engage with your material. And it’s what …

Monday, March 14th, 2016 Category: Business Presentations, Presentation Structure, Presentation Tips, Presentation Tools 4 Comments

A Quick Fade

by Tom Nixon

Animation in PowerPoint or Keynote is a very slippery slope. It seems that the average user cannot resist the urge to fly in text or spin transitions from one slide to the next. Additionally, they must feel that once is certainly not enough — the stunning effect has to be repeated dozens, if not hundreds of times.

The average audience member doesn’t quite see it that way. The zooming and flying quickly becomes amateurish and nauseating for your viewers. I generally coach anyone but an experienced …

Monday, March 7th, 2016 Category: Business Presentations, Conference Presentations, Graphics in Presentations, PowerPoint Slides, Presentation Structure, Presentation Tips, Sales Presentations, Technical Presentations No Comments

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