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Eric Martinez — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:19:01 -0000

I really dig your post Chris. Thanks for sharing these!!!

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rare hero — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:00:59 -0000

Thanks so much for this. I've got a presentation on child passenger safety coming up and these are great tips.

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Julia Gorzka — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:12:31 -0000

In another lifetime I was a Design & Decorative Arts Historian, and as such I particularly appreciate your invitation to think and look to the physical world for presentation inspiration. Your post has re-engaged me to look at the curatorial, storytelling aspect of a preso - how to frame the story, use related images for support, engage the listener, make them see things in a new way... Thanks!

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AxelS — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:52:46 -0000

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Jon Moss — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:41:34 -0000

Some great ideas and comments Chris.

May I point you all over to Andy Bounds>>http://www.andybounds.com/
He has some superb free info, and has written an excellent book called the Jelly Effect.

I've been fortunate enough to meet Andy a couple of times, business and social, and he always impresses and helps me.

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Priscilla Wyeth — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:40:11 -0000

With all due respect, Toastmasters, founded in 1924, is where public speaking training and support starts and comes around to. Plain and simple, it's the best way to improve your speaking, your confidence and your leadership skills. You practise with fellow members who become friends and supporters and who provide constructive feedback to help you grow.

I'm in business for myself and have been involved with my TM club for 4 years now. We have over 30 members, most of them business people, and all of them will tell you that joining Toastmasters has been the best decision they've made to help grow their business. Find the Toastmasters club nearest you by going to the TMInternational website, http://www.toastmasters.org....

Priscilla Wyeth, ACB, ALB
President, Hudson Rise 'n Shine Toastmasters

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Beckman Perry — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:37:26 -0000

I love the idea of treating a speech like a production. I did ballet for many years of my life and feel that giving a speech is strikingly similar to a performance. In dance you need to connect ideas through movement, whereas in when making a speech you need to connect your ideas and thoughts with words. In both situations, the thoughts need to run together smoothly and the performer needs to be able to create a constant balance between clarification and excitement. This was a great post that gave me many insightful tips to use when I make my next presentation. Thanks!

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KJ Rodgers — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:17:53 -0000

I practice the same presentation style, from notes and improv. I get tripped on memorization or scripted speeches. I learned this from Toastmasters

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KJ Rodgers — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:15:12 -0000

I work the same way as you mentioned with basic notes and improv from them. I get tripped up too easy if I script my speech into memorization. I learned this when I was a Taoastmaster

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John Flynn — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:27:12 -0000

I have to disagree on the Baldwin speech in Glenngarry. I is a "bully" speech that we sales people hear all the time. It just puts fear into people. As opposed to a speech that helps people find their own "system" of selling and building on that.

Is it dramtic...yes. Effective....no.

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Joseph Fiore — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:46:33 -0000

Chris,

Insightful post - thanks for sharing!

I can see how I've applied many of the tips you describe, however with 90% of our presentations being done via Web conference, what kind of barometer can you use to measure effectiveness, and/or what tips do you have to help read a room of people you can't really see?

While mine is a unique example to introduce into this discussion, I do see Web conferencing becoming more widely used/accepted mainly because cutting down air travel is good for the environment and makes for good fiscal policy for businesses operating in a tough economy.

I'd appreciate any insights you may have on the subject.

Thanks Chris!

Joseph

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Andy Weir — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:57:12 -0000

Hey Chris,

Really great post - as others have said.

I especially appreciated your humility in acknowledging where your audience were not digging your improv.

The value of putting other people first can never be underestimated (unless you subscribe to the 48 laws of power!).

Thanks again,

Peace, W

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jonathanfleming — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:29:47 -0000

I love your sense of being a simple normal cool down to earth guy, I think it helps people to learn by seeing that you make mistakes; you show a big time willingness to keep learning; and you have a very passionate way of bringing people into being interested. Presentations get more masterful when we relax, make mistakes and focus on helping people. People respect genuine humility in speeches! Helping people to learn is key, keep experimenting Mr. Brogan, great work....

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Adriel Hampton — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:24:34 -0000

Chris, this hit the spot! (Although I hate the pic - those exhibits are sick, man!) I'm planning a social media training with some friends and hope to incorporate some of these fresh thoughts, or at least let them influence my own thinking and planning. I've done a lot of public speaking, so it's easy to wing it. Reading this made me think how much I'm ripping off the audience by not putting my best into a presentation.
I also really appreciate your humility in admitting that you are learning as you are thinking.

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steve curtin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:10:28 -0000

Chris,
Great points. You obviously speak from experience. Appreciate your humility as well (i.e., my audience doesn't seem to like it as much). Been there.
I would add that there's an attention curve when you have the greatest % of your audience's attention: at the beginning and end. If a presentation is going to be judged as effective, it will be due in large part to a strong opening and closing.
Best,
Steve

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Drew Skwarcan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:17:31 -0000

Good thoughts here, Chris. As a undergrad in Industrial Engineering, I am often shocked at how poorly my peers give presentations. People underestimate the importance of getting your thoughts clearly to an audience (or a board, etc).

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Nicholas Chase — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:01:30 -0000

Chris,

This post nails the whole issue with presentations. I became rather agitated and downright offended, while at Sony Systems Engineering, to attend engineering design review meetings for new broadcast television systems design customers, and the presenter would place his PowerPoint slide-show on the projector screen, and the count was: Slide # 1 of 150 slides!

A collective groan would emanate from my peer engineers as well as the customers! It would take this two hour, winding tour of the proposed system design, with way too much detail, and served to confuse the customer rather than engage and motivate the customer to respond.

It was truly mind-numbing behaviour.

Your approach is much more memorable, as I cannot recall any memorable ones from Sony in the five years I worked there, excepting my presentation to the elite management that contained fifteen (15!) slides, and covered only the essential information required. It took ten minutes, and I saved more time for questions than my presentation's duration.

If only companies and presenters followed your lead, this method of sharing information would be more efficient, timely and not frustrate your customer.

Respectfully,

Nicholas Chase
www.twitter.com/nachase

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Beth Kanter — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:08:25 -0000

I use storytelling all the time and found it is effective. I also try as much as possible to involve the audience, make it as interactive as possible.

One of the best resources for storytelling and your presenations is from Andy Goodman - Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes.

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Joan Curtis — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:51:16 -0000

I teach presentation skills. One thing that is always missing is the audience engagement part. In November I wrote an article for Training + Development of ASTD. The title was Engage Me, Please! I don't see much about engagement here, Chris.

There are three segments of any presentation: Sender, Audience and Message. Chris, you deal nicely with Sender and Message. I challenge you to consider the Audience part. A great presentor does all three well.

Speakers who are too Sender-focused tend to be "showmen." We've all seen them (and maybe enjoyed them). But, as you say in your post, the audience may walk away with nothing. Speakers who are too audience-focused tend to be "shrinks." There are fewer of these kinds of speakers. Speakers who are too message focused tend to be the "university professors." We've all suffered through the drone.

That's my two-cents!

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lawton chiles — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:12:01 -0000

I've noticed in my 50 minute presentation that I use "gap" words like Um, You Know, Uh, and Basically waaaaay too much.

As Obama teaches, pausing is not bad and can make you look careful, which is how you should be when you are presenting. Good stuff.