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Practice your speaking skills with PowerPoint’s Presenter Coach

April 15, 2021 by Ellen Finkelstein 4 Comments

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I talk about presentations having 3 components: content, design, and delivery. I probably spend the least time talking about delivery, but it’s important! You can be engaging, lively, and informal. You can also appear wooden, dull, and formal. One of the best techniques to improve your delivery is to practice, but how do you get […]

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Filed Under: Delivery Tagged With: delivery, filler words, presentation skills, Presenter Coach, reading slides, rehearse, speaking skills

Communication skills for online success

July 31, 2020 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

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This is a guest post by Steve Kosch, a former ABC and CNN anchor (that’s him on the left), and a globally recognized expert communication skills trainer. For 10 more awesome tips to help you “Nail It” in your next presentation, go to mediatrainingnetwork.com If you’re looking to lead a cause or movement, spread your […]

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Filed Under: Delivery Tagged With: character, communication skills, executive presence, presentation skills, public speaking, speaking, speaking online, style, substance, webinars

Verbal communication is the MOST important candidate skill

February 27, 2017 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

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I want to shout this from the rooftops! The National Association of Colleges and Employers does a survey of employers each year, asking the most important skills they want from new candidates. They make this information available to colleges so colleges can teach those skills. Here’s what NACE announced on February 24, 2016 (just a year […]

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Filed Under: Resources, Surveys Tagged With: NACE, presentation skills, training, verbal communications

How to convince executives that presenters need presentation skills training

May 6, 2013 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

I hear it all the time. It usually comes from people in the Communications or Marketing department. They’ve been reading this blog — and others — about how to create powerful, persuasive presentations. But executives at their organization are comfortable with the old way of using the slide as a teleprompter, even though the audience […]

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Filed Under: Content, Delivery, Design principles Tagged With: convince, executives, presentation skills, training

Presenters: Have you ever had any presentation skills training?

December 13, 2010 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

A great discussion is going on in the LinkedIn group, “Great Communicators! Effective Presenting and PowerPoint” about what percentage of presenters have had presentation skills training. We’ve had guestimates from 1% to 75%! True, if you read this blog, you probably are more committed to improving your presentations skills than the average presenter, but let’s […]

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