24 Faces of a Presentation Audience

20 June 2011

A light-hearted look at who’s in your audience. And what they’re thinking.

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My passport to ευδαιμονία (happiness+) – a TED Talk

18 May 2011

Feeling in the doldrums? (I’m thinking about the economy, of course.) Imagine being an entrepreneur or professional in Greece. Many want to leave. Yet Greece’s resurrection is in their hands.

I recently helped Onic Palandjian put together his TED talk. It’s his call to Greeks around the world to enlist in the country’s resurrection. And it’s a good example of making a big idea stick and spread.

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The TRICK or TREACL of getting to present

28 October 2010

Event organisers lost money last year. Next year could be worse. (They’d sold last year’s events before the recession.) They can’t afford their conferences to flop.

Delegate numbers govern earnings. And speakers’ content attracts the audience.

What’s the TRICK or TREACL of the trade? (Sorry!) What can wannabe presenters do to get to speak to the right audience?

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The TED Commandments of Presentations

15 July 2010

Do you know TED Talks? TED invites speakers to share their big ideas. And they insist on strict presentation rules. This is what they (reportedly) send to speakers in advance.

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What makes a great presentation?

5 June 2010

Great presentations make ideas stick and spread. But, hardly any presentations are great. Here’s the place to share your ideas. Please add your own questions, too.

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