5 PowerPoint Tips That Will Blow Your Mind

And Save Your Time!

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“No way!” was the expression I heard as every student dropped their heads to scribble down the PowerPoint shortcut on their Satori pages. “You don’t know how much time you just saved me!” was the next comment I heard. Bill Kreiger, one of our Master Instructors, had just shown the group how to use the […]

How Some Executives Have Ruined Presentations

and what they should do different to fix it!

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“Our executives don’t want us to tell stories.” After the student made the comment another jumped in, “No way! He’s right! You don’t ever want to tell a story to our executives. They hate stories.” I found the response a little sad and the worst part… this wasn’t the first time I’d heard something like […]

Are you Killing your Audience Softly?

3 Methods to Improve Your Presentations and Your Results

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The audience began to shift in their seats at the 5 minute mark of the presentation. So far the presenter had successfully bored the audience with 6 slides of solid text and a mouthful of insincere pleasantries. After 10 more minutes of words on slides and a presenter reading the slides, two people walked out […]

5 Ways Engaging Speakers Engage You

It's all taking place in your brain!

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After the conference one of your friends poses the question, “Which keynote speaker did you like the best?” As soon as one person answers everyone else immediately jumps in and says, “YES! Me too! She was so good. Why do you suppose we all loved her so much more than the others?” I can tell […]

Why Some Speakers are Never Misunderstood

The metaphor technique used to make interpretation easier

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Imagine each of these… you’re covered in mud and rolled in feathers, a baseball balanced on top of an upside down cup, you’re watching a dog swim from a goggle-wearing, breath-holding position under the water. All of these things took a split second for you to imagine. You’re good at this! Of course you’re good […]