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Presentation Guru is THE place to visit to learn, develop and be inspired when it comes to presenting and corporate speaking.

The international team behind Presentation-Guru.com believes that people who can change a single mind can change the world. This digital resource is designed to help every man, woman and child with something to say, say it with more impact, energy and belief. Presentation-Guru.com is driven by a group of writers, designers and entrepreneurs who want to improve the quality of public speaking and pr

esentation the world over, whatever the subject, whatever the language. Here you'll find original thinking, ideas and free-to-use tools to help you become a better presenter tomorrow, however good you are today. We want you to stand out every time you stand up to speak.

30/12/2020

Beware the Straw Man Fallacy - why is it so important and how can you spot it?
fassforward Consulting Group

This article is co-authored by Peter Paskale. As a presenter, the ability to persuade is imperative, but as an audience member, so is the ability to know when not to let yourself be persuaded. In this article, Peter explains how a rhetorical fallacy can be used to unjustly mislead an audience by sub...

16/12/2020

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Last week, Presentation Technology expert, Farshad Iqbal shared with us his top 5 Free Ways to Broadcast a Webinar or Live Presentation. We all like to get something for nothing, so this week he turns his mind to Powerpoint and shows us where to find the best free powerpoint templates. Be it social....

09/12/2020

A useful guide to some of the most underused or advanced features of 2016

PowerPoint can be quite intimidating for novice users. PowerPoint beginners often get a bit overwhelmed by the seemingly infinite options that pop out of nowhere in the Ribbon menu. Then there is the worry of messing up a slide deck after you’ve done the hard work. For example, after applying an a...

02/12/2020

What is the most effective way to persuade your audience?

“As a method of persuasion, I am not a big fan of PowerPoint presentations,” says the legendary screenwriting guru Robert McKee. So begins Garr Reynolds excellent post on the power of storytelling to persuade. The post is a sound analysis of the importance of story in increasing your credibility...

25/11/2020

Your next presentation can be instantly more engaging if you follow these simple tips
BrightCarbon

Visualizing slides (just a fancy word for transforming slides full of text into more visual slides) is a big part of my job, but you don’t need to be a PowerPoint expert to apply some basic visualization techniques to your presentations. Even minimal changes can make your presentations much more e...

18/11/2020

The measure of any kind of sales pitch is to turn an idea into reality. To move people to action. Lessons to be learnt.

Philip Collins is a columnist on The Times and the chair of the Trustees at the think tank Demos. Until 2007 he was the chief speech writer to the Prime Minister Tony Blair. Before that he has worked as a director of a think tank, in investment banking and in academia. He is the author […]

11/11/2020

What are the skills you need for a career in Presentation Design?
BrightCarbon #

Amy Singh has previously written for us outlining 5 Easy Visualization Tips for More Effective Presentations. She works as a Visualization Consultant for BrightCarbon now, but is a graduate from the University of Pennsylvania. Her alma mater recently invited her back to introduce current students to...

28/10/2020

Useful insights for the presentation designer

There are valuable lessons for the presentation designer in Molly Bang’s wonderful book, Picture This: How Pictures Work. It was written to show ‘how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions’ and has greatly influenced the way artists, illustrators, reviewers, critics and ...

21/10/2020

Motivational Speakers - do they motivate you?

Simon Raybould is an English presentation coach. He’s opinionated and prone to challenge the orthodoxy, which, in our minds is a very good thing. We published his first article on here last year and it got great feedback, then we published his second because we liked the first, and within the day ...

14/10/2020

art styles to inspire and fuel your creativity

We recently detailed the history of visual communications through the years, but where does the inspiration for visuals come from? In this article, Charmaine details how one’s history and surroundings can be the perfect recipe for creativity. Australia is home to one of the oldest continuing cultu...

13/10/2020

A fount of useful information and links...

Having fears and concerns are a normal part of life. People have fears of all types that they need to deal with. Some have a fear of flying, others a fear of being in high places, others may have a fear of strangers and for others they may have a fear of speaking in public. […]

07/10/2020

83% of human learning is visual - here's why and how to use it in your next presentation
emmabpresents

I’ve always been fascinated by how people understand information. Probably because the learning methods at school rarely engrossed me. Even now, if I’m told something – a sequence of words, a telephone number even people’s names – I forget it in seconds. When I discovered visual learning ....

30/09/2020

Robert Lane reveals some of the underused powers that has. They're a game changer!

This year an agency within the USDA is gradually rolling out their new presentation platform, a structure containing thousands of individual slide shows, tens of thousands of pictures, video, embedded documents, Web links and more. Their platform will service thousands of trainers, spread across all...

23/09/2020

The killer question: to use slides or not to use slides?
Presentation Genius discusses the pros and cons of both

The “slide or no slide” argument is quite a controversial topic within the presentation industry, and we’ve spoken many times about the use of visuals in presentations. Here, Simon gives a detailed look into the pros and cons of both sides, with thorough explanations for each. The research sug...

17/09/2020

When recruiting your top talent do you ask the candidates to deliver a presentation? Should you?

In 2018, the U.S. Labor Department reported an impressive 6.6 million job openings. Given these figures, it’s not surprising at all that the talent shortage is one of the major problems employers face in 2019, and that the hiring process is even more challenging for small and mid-sized businesses....

16/09/2020

What is the one thing that great presenters know, that the rest of us don't? via Inc. Magazine James Sudakow

An interesting article from Jame Sudakow revealing, what he claims to be, “eye-opening research about what actually influences your audience”. It’s based on the famous study by Albert Mehrabian, the UCLA professor emeritus of psychology, which has already been explored in Presentation Guru by ...

14/09/2020

Learn how to leverage the interactive features of your webinar platform to create an exciting and engaging presentation that will keep your audience glued to their screens.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could grab and hold your audience’s attention through-out the webinar? Imagine – from the moment you open your mouth, your attendees can’t wait for your next move. With these 10 webinar presentation tips, you’ll keep your attendees hanging at the edge of their s...

08/09/2020

Learn and master the physical cues that can make you feel and appear more confident. These are cues you can control, and demonstrating them can be all empowering.

Public speaking will always be relevant. This art is ever-evolving thanks to technology, and has now evolved again in the form of Zoom meetings or seminars and similar virtual gatherings. Virtual or not, however, public speaking can be both challenging and intimidating — and can cause even the bes...

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