Dedication
by Doug Staneart
Mastering Presentations: Be the Undisputed Expert when You Deliver Presentations
- Cover
- Contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Introduction: Why This Book Was Written
- Chapter 1: The Presenter Who Speaks with Poise and Confidence Is Always Seen as the Expert
- Chapter 2: A Simple Way to Design Presentations in 15 Minutes or Less
- Chapter 3: Add Tremendous Impact to Your Presentations and Become the “Go-To” Expert
- Impact Idea #1: Stories and Examples are Your ACE in the Hole
- Impact Idea #2: Audience Participation Gains Consensus
- Impact Idea #3: Analogies Make Complex Ideas Easy to Understand
- Impact Idea #4: Anecdotes—A Fun Way to Add Humor and Rapport
- Impact Idea #5: Demonstrations
- Impact Idea #6: Quote Another Expert to Increase Your Credibility
- Impact Idea #7: Showmanship Adds Drama and Energy to the Presentation
- Impact Idea #8: A Sample Will Give the Audience Something Tangible to Refer to
- Impact Idea #9: Name Drop
- Impact Idea #10: Any Visual AID that is not a Powerpoint Slide
- Use at Least one Impact Idea for Each Bullet
- Chapter 4: Putting Your Dynamic Presentation Together and Delivering It without Any Notes
- Chapter 5: PowerPoint Mistakes That Will Kill Your Chances of Doing Well and How to Avoid Them
- Mistake #1: Treating Powerpoint as the Presentation and not a Visual AID
- Mistake #2: Using too many Powerpoint Slides
- Mistake #3: Including too much Content (too many Bullets, Charts, and Graphs)
- Mistake #4: Using too much (Frivolous) Animation
- Mistake #5: Including too many Busy Charts
- Mistake #6: Improperly using Pictures
- Mistake #7: Not Practicing Your Presentation with the Slide Show
- Mistake #8: Sitting Down to Deliver Your Presentation
- Mistake #9: Read . . . Click . . . Read . . . Click . . .
- Mistake #10: Letting Someone Else Design Your Slide Show
- More Powerpoint Tips are Available Online
- Chapter 6: Speaking Venues That Can Generate More Clients and Credibility
- Chapter 7: How to Make Millions of Dollars Using Presentation Skills on YouTube and Podcasting Websites
- Chapter 8: If You Want Big Contracts, Get Really Good at Short List Presentations
- Chapter 9: Fearless Question and Answer Sessions
- Chapter 10: Seven Deadly Sins That Will Turn Off Audiences
- Sin #1: Going Over Time Without Permission
- Sin #2: Using Useless Words
- Sin #3: Speaking in a Monotone Voice
- Sin #4: Speaking Shoptalk
- Sin #5: Speaking while the Audience is Reading Your Slide
- Sin #6: Reading the Entire Slide or Visual AID to the Audience
- Sin #7: Dumping data on the Audience
- Master Your Presentations and Avoid These Deadly Sins
- What’s Next?
To the more than 12,000 Fearless Presentation graduates
who were my “lab class” for the concepts in this book.
Thanks, everyone!
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