Have you ever met someone who fails to look you in the eye when they speak?  What do you think of their presentation skills? Worse, have you attended an important presentation but found the speaker looked away from their audience? Making eye contact during public speaking is an important, even foundational, aspect of presentation skills.…
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Avoid These Moves in Your Next Client Presentation
Using your body language to highlight competence and confidence is a wonderful presentation skill to develop. It can make or break your next presentation to a client. However, many professionals are un-aware of certain postures or hand movements that can detract from their credibility. Here are three positions to avoid next time you speak to…
How to Boost Audience Response in your Next Presentation
Are you frustrated about how your presentations are going? Do you feel uncomfortable, and sense that your audience is in misery too? Believe it or not, presenting can be fun! This is true especially if  you can overcome some of the nervousness that plagues many speakers. Here are a few tips that can change how…
Are You Questioning Your Presentation Skills?
Are you Questioning Your Presentation Skills? Do you every worry that your presentation skills are less than stellar? Have you ever seen bored faces looking back from the audience when you present too many stats and charts? Chances are you have fallen into the trap that faces many presenters; namely relying too heavily on sharing…