Showing and Telling: Effective Slide Delivery
Learners come into our workshops absolutely certain of one hard-and-fast rule: never ever read from your slides. They look pretty bewildered when we respond with, [...]
4 Things Nervous, Over-Preparing Presenters Can Do to Calm Down and Engage
I recently delivered a workshop for eight very nervous presenters. They were a great group and talked very frankly about their worries and concerns about [...]
Presentation Skills Training: REDEFINED.
Josh Bersin wrote an interesting article on LinkedIn about the mismatch between academic education and job skills. What jumped out at me was research showing that [...]
The Orderly Conversation Defined
One of the most important things for business communicators to understand is the distinction between a speech and a presentation. They are not the same. [...]
Develop Your PowerPoint Like a Pro Without Hard, Fast Rules
People often ask us about the rules for PowerPoint. Some examples include, “What’s the rule for … the number of bullets on a slide?” the [...]
Getting Presentations Started: How to set context and manage nervousness
Many presenters ask us about the best way to get their presentations started. They say that once the conversation gets going, they’re fine. But getting [...]
Don’t Overlook These Steps When Preparing Your Presentation
For some presenters, preparation is all about collecting data and turning it into PowerPoint slides. There’s more to effective, efficient preparation than that, though. It’s [...]
Learning Styles
In this video, produced by the Association for Talent Development (ATD), Greg Owen-Boger, Turpin's VP, discusses designing content for different learning styles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZcoV4I_9us&ab_channel=TurpinCommunication Greg here with [...]
Put Activities in Check
In this video, produced by the Association for Talent Development (ATD), Greg Owen-Boger, Turpin's VP, discusses eliminating unnecessary activities. https://youtu.be/vn6sPgmxQdE Greg here with Turpin Communication. Learning leaders [...]
Eye Contact and Pausing… Is That All You Got?!
Some time back, Dale and I were the guest speakers on a webinar. The topic was about how we’ve redefined business presentations as Orderly Conversations. We were [...]