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Find More Opportunities to Home Your Presentation Skills

If you don’t have the opportunity to present frequently enough, it is difficult to hone your presentation skills. But practice is necessary!

Consider these potential opportunities to continue to hone your presentation skills:

Join a toastmaster’s group Deliver presentations to your colleagues (via department meetings or team meetings) Apply to speak at a conference on […]

Best Practices to Improve Concentration to Get Work Done

When we work to improve our concentration, we do a better job of getting projects completed. In fact, we better manage our time and reduce stress and frustration in reaching goals.

Here are a few ideas to improve concentration and better focus on getting work done:

Focus on one major task at a time. Ideally […]

Engaging the Audience During the Presentation

Best Practices to Keep the Audience Engaged

The last thing we want to see when we are making a presentation is individuals in the audience “tuned out” or falling asleep in their seats! It is essential to keep the audience engaged in the presentation so that they are listening and active in the presentation and […]

Three Key Steps to Prepare for a Brief Presentation

Some presentations we make are short ones, meant to convey an idea or update someone on a particular topic. These presentations may only be 10 – 15 minutes in length; however we still need to prepare for them so that we can accomplish the goals of the presentation.

Follow these three key steps to preparing […]

Keep the Peace by Not Asking “Why”

Sometimes we work with individuals who tend to be a bit defensive. Any time we may question something they did, or didn’t do, they may get their back up and act very defensive or get angry. I have found that the question, “Why,” often pushes individuals who are more defensive a bit over the edge. […]