by Tony Burns | Content, Presentation critiques
Do you sometimes struggle to decide how to open your presentations? We know that the way we begin is important – it creates the first impression that the audience will receive so there’s a bit of pressure around getting it “right”. The CRC...
by Tony Burns | Content, Powerpoint
One of the many clever things that PowerPoint can do is allow you to dump lots of information into it. Unlike your human audience, you can just keep on adding information into a slide and the font size will adjust to allow as much information as you like. See how it...
by Olivia Mitchell | Content
Last week I spent three awesome days at the Presentation Summit. In this post, I want to explore what audience members remember from a presentation, using the first three keynotes of the conference as my examples. I asked as many people as I could what they remembered...
by Olivia Mitchell | Content, Nervousness
I’m working on being bold – whether it’s in a one on one conversation or in a presentation. In the past, I’ve often watered down what I say to avoid upsetting anyone. And I’m not alone. Many of the people that I coach are concerned about being bold. As a result, they...
by Olivia Mitchell | Content
I set myself the challenge of preparing my first Ignite presentation as fast as possible. The Ignite presentation format is a 5 minutes long presentation with 20 slides and with the slides advancing automatically every 15 seconds. It’s the presentation equivalent of a...