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 | Nov 18, 2013 | Notes, Presentation Skills, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies
Imagine you are delivering a technical presentation to more than 300 peers at a conference. Your boss had convinced you to develop and deliver the presentation. You are scared to death of speaking in public. As you stand at the lectern holding onto it for dear...
by Dave Hill | Oct 20, 2013 | Communication Strategies, Humor, Humor, Presentation Skills, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies
Leading with humor Make use of levity to get your point across A leader’s humorous remarks can diffuse tension According to a Robert Half International survey, 91% of executives agree that a sense of humor is important for career advancement; 84% believed that people...
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...
by Dave Hill | Aug 17, 2013 | Presentation Skills, Presentation Skills and Communication Strategies, Question and Answer Strategies
STRATEGIES FOR DOING A Q&A The value of a question-and-answer session is that you engage the audience. You can also build your credibility by answering questions well. Do not end with a question-and-answer session. This can literally suck the energy...
