by Dave Hill | Mar 28, 2014 | Communication Strategies, Humor, Humor, Positive Approach, Positive Approach, Presentation Skills, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies
A presenter’s peers can save the day with clarifications, humor. Learn presentation skills that give you the tools you need. Imagine you are in a room full of highly technical engineers. You are an employee of a consulting company that is presenting information to...
by Dave Hill | Feb 1, 2014 | Increase Engagement, Presentation Skills, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies
Wake up! Keep your audience focused by being relevant. Use interactive techniques; vary your presentation. Visualize a meeting where about 40 people are crammed into a conference room listening to technical presentation after technical presentation for a full day....
by Dave Hill | Dec 15, 2013 | Handouts, Presentation Skills, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies, Seated Presentations
Think about the meetings you have attended where everyone is sitting at a table and someone is trying to convey information and get people to agree. Can you recall times when you were delivering information and no one was paying attention to you? Perhaps attendees...
by Dave Hill | Oct 6, 2013 | Communication Strategies, Creative Concepts, Creative Concepts, Presentation Skills, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies
If I was to ask you to name your all time favorite teacher you would immediately be able to recall someone who stood out from the others. Why do you remember this teacher even though several decades may have passed? Imagine how you would feel if someone was talking...
by Dave Hill | Sep 8, 2013 | Communication Strategies, Gestures, Gestures, Presentation Skills, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies
As a young engineer, I was sometimes nervous when presenting to upper management. The night before a presentation, I could not sleep. While driving to work the following morning brown liquid started flowing down my windshield. It took me a few seconds to realize that...