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"And my next slide says"...Ugh! Please stop! After all, if your slide says it all, just e-mail the PowerPoint to your audience and let it "do the talking." Each of us has a unique personality. Bring that personality to your presentation and take back the power from PowerPoint. How?
- Interject humor as part of a give/take with the audience.
- Address listeners who don't appear to understand immediately and directly.
- Turn otherwise interminable amounts of information into a brisk exchange of ideas.
- Converse with the audience and use the PowerPoint as notes, not your entire presentation.
Unfortunately, PowerPoint has become the perfect tool for the "speechphobes" who stand in the dark corner, reading and boring us to death because they never worked actively to overcome their fears. In reality, PowerPoint is a wonderful technical tool when it supports rather than replaces the speaker. Remember, you don't work for PowerPoint. It works for you!
From Executive Speak/Write, oral and written communications trainers. Want to Make your point. Get results. in 2007? Contact us for more information on our effective skills improvement programs.
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