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You, in the audience . . .

Posted by By Meghan Dotter April 28, 2019Posted inAsk the Expert, Behave, Delivery, Meetings

You, in the audience. . .

Most presentations and meetings could be better.

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What can we apply from baseball for better public speaking?

Posted by By Meghan Dotter March 30, 2019Posted inAsk the Expert

When warmer weather coincides with baseball’s Opening Day, we can take comfort that sometimes Washington DC gets it right.

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Caffeinating compliance presentations

Posted by By Meghan Dotter November 1, 2018Posted inDelivery
Your company has a new directive that has to get out – maybe a compliance issue or a new expense reporting system. These “required” presentations can be painful to create (and endure).
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Holiday 2017: Free Presentation Resources

Posted by By Meghan Dotter November 1, 2018Posted inDesign, Storytelling

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Except that you have some shopping, baking, and merrymaking to do in addition to your normal workload.

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How can I present to non-technical audiences?

Posted by By Meghan Dotter November 1, 2018Posted inAsk the Expert, Delivery

This is one of the most frequent questions we get, and it’s a problem that is driven by an information imbalance.

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HOW TO [GET OTHERS TO] LISTEN

Posted by By Meghan Dotter November 1, 2018Posted inExecutive Presence, Messages

A senior executive was dismayed when she saw the results of a company-wide survey on communications. Employees felt uninformed about the strategy and how their work fit into the bigger picture.

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Nothing more than feelings? Great presenters show emotion

Posted by By Meghan Dotter November 1, 2018Posted inDelivery, Executive Presence, Storytelling

We ask our clients what having better presentation skills might mean for their career.

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QUESTION OF THE YEAR – CAN YOU ANSWER IT?

Posted by By Meghan Dotter November 1, 2018Posted inAsk the Expert, Messages

This year a request kept coming up from our clients. How can we answer the question, “What do you do?”

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All Roads Lead to Email

Posted by By Meghan Dotter November 1, 2018Posted inAsk the Expert

When clients talk about their presentations, they also ask how they can improve meetings: they’re too frequent, too long, too unproductive.

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Why Are We Dishonoring the Slide?

Posted by By Meghan Dotter November 1, 2018Posted inDelivery, Design

How many of us have heard a presenter say:

“I’m not going to spend a lot of time on this slide.”

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