Data projector for PowerPoint presentation
Recently I attended a lecture and were able to experience again a speaker who ran into the PowerPoint trap.
He prepared his speech with PowerPoint. The slides were extremely full and he stuck strictly to his presentation. What could he have done differently and to be extraordinary?
Explain it as simple as if your grandmother
At the weekend I attended a demonstration in Munich – against censorship in the web. This is where I experienced the great speech of Michael Jäger . Thank you for this great example. Michael Jäger presented in a passionate and enthusiastic way. He explained the situation so well and simply as if he explained it his grandmother. You can check out the (German) Blog where he shows another simple example or watch on this page his (German) Video.
What did Michael Jäger do?
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So many times I observe speakers who tell a great story – only I miss the purpose in their speech. Especially recently I observed this: as top executive I am regularly the district representative on conferences of the European Toastmasters. Those conferences host the contests for the winners who compete at the European championship.
How do you recognize a purpose?
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Today I step in for the FlipChart.
When did you use the FlipChart the last time?
When did you use it instead of PowerPoint?
I experince very often meetings which are being held only with PowerPoint presentations. How boring. Have you ever taken a closer look to the FlipChart?
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Randy Pausch - in Last Lecture
Extraordinary speakers move their audience. They succeed that their listeners identify with them and convey their content with emotions. One excellent example is the Last Lecture of Randy Pausch. Let´s take a closer look, he uses techniques you can easily use yourself for improve: (more…)
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Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery by Garr Reynolds You probably know the situation: slides overly filled with text and complex diagrams. The presentator stands somewhere at the side and describes or worst case – he reads it to you. PowerPoint karaoke. (As far as I know this really is being offered in Berlin: You get your slides and then present them – a funny ideaq, if you are after something humorous.
Presenations can be different. (more…)
When I talk with my customers about my voluntary work at Toastmasters International then I sometimes see confused faces and they ask: “You are a professional speech coach – isn´t Toastmasters a competitor to you?”
My answer is always: (more…)
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Rhetoric Blog Speech-Coach.de for Executives
Welcome to the Speech-Coach rhetoric blog for executives about public speaking and presenting. Yes, I know there exist already myriads of blogs out there. Yet I think that my blog (more…)
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