In last week’s post, we discussed how to open with a bang and why this is such a critical speaking skill. The other half of this equation and equally important is how you close your presentation. All too often I run across speakers who don’t realize the value of the opening or the closing as … Read More
Month: July 2012
How to Open With a Bang!
What is the most important part of any presentation? If you answered with either the opening or the closing…you’re 100% right! My focus in this week’s post is on your opening or introductory remarks. Think about the last presentation or workshop you attended. Odds are pretty good that the speaker started out in a lackluster … Read More
Curiosity…Ever Wondered About It?
Yesterday I chaired my Business Referral Group (through the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce), as I always do twice a month. In the agenda that I’d e-mailed the prior week, I included a segment that I coined in 2008, when I was the chairperson of this same group. The name I gave it is Member … Read More
Do You Run H.O.T. & C.O.L.D.?
Perhaps you’ve heard of the idiom “running hot and cold.” It typically refers to describing people and how they behave from one extreme to the other. In a recent blog post by Dan Oswald, he refers to effective communication as being H.O.T. Being someone who tends to use acronyms to help my clients retain information, … Read More