Focus On The Audience Experience

Focus On The Audience Experience

Usually, when people think about improving presentation skills, they consider controlling nerves, how to use visual aids, organizing the presentation, use of analogy and story, and how to field audience questions. One very important aspect of presenting is often...
Conquering Stage Fright

Conquering Stage Fright

No matter how cleverly you construct a presentation—no matter how eye-catching your slides or how insightful your anecdotes—none of it will do you any good if you walk out onto the stage, knees knocking, and freeze! Whether this is your first presentation, or your...
4 Techniques to Diffuse Hostile Questions

4 Techniques to Diffuse Hostile Questions

In our Ace the Q&A blog, we talked about the importance of planning how you will handle questions. The last tip is about reading your audience, because you may have someone who wants to challenge you. In you get hostile questions in your next presentation, here...