Public speaking is one of the most feared acts in America today. We have all one time or another experienced when a presentation fall off the rails. If this happens, don’t panic and keep your cool.

If constructing a presentation can be pure anxiety, then listening to one can be sheer agony. Both sides dread the experience. It’s like a breakup talk with fewer tears and more clip art. Poor ...

I’ve never done an exact count, but I believe it is safe to say that nearly every single one of the corporate presentations that we design and advise on for our clients is to communicate good news, or ...

I learned at Skip Barber’s racecar driving school that “when you spin, put both feet in.” This means that if you’re on the racetrack and your car spins out, press the clutch and brake hard, fast and ...

Nonprofit officials are so focused on educating the public that they frequently resort to boring, data-saturated presentations that fail to connect with their audiences emotionally, according to a Los ...

Microsoft PowerPoint may be one of the programs you've used in your business for decades, with its now-familiar ribbon, tabs and easy-to-populate slides. While quickly putting together a PowerPoint is ...

Most ad agency new business presentations stink. Period. Most are bloated ramblings that ignore the client’s key concerns, fail to tell a simple story, or neglect to position the agency in a unique ...

I recently came across a fantastic article by the sales consultant and trainer Colleen Francis about common presentation mistakes that salespeople make in front of customers. As I read it, I realized ...

Our story noting Pentagon leaders’ displeasure with PowerPoint presentations but questioning whether there was any escape from eye-glazing slideshows struck a nerve with many readers. And most of them ...