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Category Archives: Presentations

The Secret Sauce of Persuasion and Sales

I want to convince EVERYONE to act on my message. -Anonymous Persuasive Speaker Yes, and I want Ewan McGregor to show up on my doorstep and take me to Disneyland. It’s not going to happen and convincing everyone to accept your persuasive message isn’t going to happen either. It’s a noble goal (especially if you’re […]

2 Deadly Sins of PowerPoint that Undermine Your Credibility

I’ll tolerate a lot when it comes to PowerPoint. In fact, my last post gave a pass to business people who use PowerPoint like Word. However, there are two things that make me go all Joan Crawford a la Mommy Dearest about Powerpoint. [youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/upc8wWI6F7Y”]  These two PowerPoint sins, undermine your credibility as a speaker and worse […]

The Ugly Truth About Ugly PowerPoint Slides

With so many blogs, books, and classes dedicated to designing beautiful PowerPoint slides, you have to wonder why there are so many ugly, dense, bar charts of doom looking slides in business presentation? I have a confession to make. I AM a part of the problem. If you are in the corporate world, most likely […]