When my workshop participants ask how they can improve their presentation skills, I often suggest videotaping a presentation and watching it. You don’t need any fancy equipment these days to do this, your smartphone will give you a good quality video. In presentation...
As my latest survey indicated, professionals are creating and delivering more presentations each year. In a recent survey of incoming MBA students at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, two-thirds of the respondents said they presented on a daily or weekly basis. If...
The holidays are just around the corner and if you are looking for a great gift for a presenter in your life, I have some suggestions for you. I regularly get asked what equipment I use, so I’ve put together a list of the items I have found most useful when...
One of the key results from my latest survey on annoying PowerPoint presentations was that too often professionals are presenting a document on the screen as a presentation. This overwhelms the audience, leaving them confused and upset. Professionals feel they need to...
When you have two data series that represent different groups, a diverging stacked bar chart visual may be a better option than a stacked column or bar chart. Here is an example from a makeover in a recent customized workshop. In this visual, the bars for the two...
Free mini-course: Presentation-Ready Excel Charts That Are Easy to Update and Re-use
Guided Self-Study Course
This course is ideal for those who want to learn how to improve their presentations but don’t have the opportunity to arrange an in-house customized session.
