Archive for the ‘Public-Speaking’ Category

Fixing a Flickering PowerPoint

This quick tip is for a very spe­cific sit­u­a­tion, but I want to make it avail­able since lengthy Googling didn’t turn up an answer for me. I had to solve it the hard way: by actu­ally pay­ing atten­tion. I’m not used to doing that. Google has made me weak. Read more…

Presenting to Groups: Principles and Techniques [How To]

This week I’m giv­ing a 1-hour pre­sen­ta­tion about… giv­ing pre­sen­ta­tions. It cov­ers prepa­ra­tion, visual aids (Pow­er­Point and oth­er­wise), man­ag­ing your time in the pre­sen­ta­tion, encour­ag­ing par­tic­i­pa­tion, and more. I’ve uploaded the Pow­er­Point and the accom­pa­ny­ing Word hand­out. Read more…