Michelle Mazur
Our Valentine’s Day post is brought to you by guest blogger Janet Webb of Janet Webb Consulting. She’ll make you fall in love with PowerPoint all over again. PowerPoint was created in 1987. Not long after that the term “Death by PowerPoint” was no doubt also created. The OED defines death as “the final cessation…
Read MoreWhen you see yourself making your big presentation how do you imagine your audience? Do you see the audience leaning forward, smiling faces and nodding with agreement? Or do you see them checked-out, checking their email and wishing to heck that they could be anywhere but listening to you? Or do you not think about…
Read MorePsst! Did you hear about the office that has a problem with gossip? You know THAT office where the employees all complain and moan about their manager, the workload, and how they are treated. They just NEED to quit their complaining and do their work, right? Wrong so very wrong! I’ve often been asked: “How…
Read MoreDon’t you hate it when a speaker gets up and waxes on poetically about themselves for the first 5 minutes of a presentation? It’s all Me, Me, Me. You’re yawn, yawn, yawning. Why is that? What makes you fall into a stupor of boredom when a speaker focuses on himself first? YOU – you are…
Read MoreBad communication and public speaking advice abounds on the Internet and even from communication professionals. At a networking event, I mentioned that I was a presentation coach. It was met with a reply “Oh, when I speak I always look right above my audience’s head so I don’t have to make eye contact. That’s what…
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