Author Archives: Featured Speaker

Patricia Fripp

How to Present Your Proposal at an Executive Meeting

By Featured Speaker Patricia Fripp What’s the worst reaction you’ve ever gotten when you made an important presentation? Probably, it would come in second to the one I just heard about. A woman–ironically she was interviewing me for an article about “Knockout Presentations”–told me the story of her disaster. It […]

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Davida Shensky

Building a Successful Business Through Public Speaking and Teleseminars

By Featured Speaker Davida Shensky For many professional speakers who depended on working with public seminar companies, as an independent contractor, traveling from city to city doing presentations 10 days out of the month doing seminars, they had to figure it out in another way to promote their business and […]

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Arvee Robison

The 7 Deep Craters PowerPoint Users Often Fall Into and How to Avoid Them

By Featured Speaker Arvee Robinson 1. Don’t put your entire speech on your slides. Not only is this boring, but your audience will be able to see what you’re going to say. Instead, “bullet” or outline your high points. Remember, mystery creates interest. 2. Don’t read your slides word for […]

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Avish Parashar

Presentation Skills – Don’t Rely on Technology and PowerPoint!

By Featured Speaker Avish Parashar In speaking, PowerPoint and visual aids have their place. They can engage an audience, make them laugh, or reinforce your points. However, most people use visual aids very poorly. These days, I choose to not use PowerPoint in my presentations. I did once for one […]

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