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Dress to impress(ion)
I've always appreciated a sharply dressed individual. Whether male, female, or nonbinary, the way you dress says a lot about you. For example, a non-athlete wearing a sports jersey portrays their love for athletics as well as their favorite sports team. Similarly,...
Dump the backup slides.
In all the presentations I've sat through, I've begun to notice an odd peculiarity. If you're very lucky, and the speaker is just careless enough, you can glimpse a set of secret slides. It's true! Keep an eye out for them. They typically appear after the famous...
My friend is a webcam
On a given day, I sit 600 miles away from my closest colleague. Despite the distance, however, we are able to communicate instantaneously thanks to the hardware and software developed to support the work-from-home (WFH) movement. Platforms like Zoom, Teams, and Skype...
Who is your audience really listening to?
In my career, I've presented in front of a wide variety of audiences. From wedding speeches and dissertation defenses to 4-star generals and middle school classrooms, I've seen it all. I've seen audiences pick fights with the presenters in Academia, and I've seen...
Slow your speech
In "The first 8 seconds", we learned that you, the speaker, only have eight seconds to capture your audience's attention. Within that time, you want to make sure that what you say is relevant, worthy of the audience's attention, and on par with what they expect to...
Who speaks loudest when you present?
In our last discussion, we focused on distractions and how items we think are useful (pens, laser pointers, etc.) can actually be detrimental to our presentation. There is still one set of tools we did not discuss, a tool that can make or break even the most solid...
