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My Mother’s Attic Part 3: The Elocutionists, a Cautionary Tale

Dale Ludwig
July 16, 2013
My Mother’s Attic Part 3: The Elocutionists, a Cautionary Tale

Part 1, Part 2 This is the final article about the perils of business presenters following the same path as the elocutionary movement. The great thing about The Ideal Orator is that its approach, from our twenty-first-century perspective, is completely over the top. Anyone reading this book today would recognize its unnatural exaggeration of delivery behaviors, its focus...

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My Mother’s Attic

Dale Ludwig
June 24, 2013
My Mother’s Attic - Part 1 - Elocution

Part 2, Part 3 Several years ago, my mother was cleaning out her attic. She was very good at throwing things out but always hesitated when it came to books. When I visited her during this cleaning phase, she directed me to the latest stack and told me to take what I wanted. Last chance, she...

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The 2 Levels of Defining Presentation Success

Dale Ludwig
June 4, 2013
Learn about 2 Levels of Defining Presentation Success

Your success as a business presenter always exists on two levels. On one level, it is determined by whether the stated goal of the presentation is reached. Did the buyer agree to buy, for example. Or, did your team see the need for the new procedure you’re asking them to follow? This type of success...

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Just Because You Said It Doesn’t Mean It Was Heard

Greg Owen-Boger
February 13, 2013
Just Because You Said It Doesn’t Mean It Was Heard

“I swear I said that they’d see incremental sales growth,” said Angela as she sat down to review her video with me. Angela was a participant in a recent Mastering Your Presentations workshop. Dale Ludwig was the lead instructor. I was the participants’ video coach. My job is to guide participants through video review, focusing...

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Trusting and Being Trusted

Dale Ludwig
December 5, 2012
Trusting and Being Trusted When Presenting to Audiences

Earlier this year, Greg Owen-Boger posted a blog entry here called “TRUST: It’s Yours to Lose.” In it, he talked about what a senior executive needed to do to keep the trust of the people in his organization. Greg’s point was about being genuine, transparent, and respecting the needs and views of others. Today I’d like...

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My Time Has Been Cut Short!

Dale Ludwig
October 29, 2012
How to Manage Presentations When the Time is Running Short

I was on LinkedIn and ran across a discussion that caught my eye. The question that was posed was this: “You prepared a 30-minute presentation, and when you arrived, it was reduced to 20 minutes. What would you do?” This is a common occurrence, of course. Meetings often run long. If you’re at the end of the...

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Focus on Context

Dale Ludwig
October 23, 2012
Don't forget to Focus on the Context of your Presentation

If you’re a business presenter, you know that one of the challenges you face is context. Not only do you need to think about how your recommendations fit into the context of your listeners’ lives, but you also have to consider how each of your slides fits into the context of the presentation as a...

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