PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques

A dramatic reading from one of the books in the PPT Reference Listing

Stand-up and Be Heard - Using the Techniques of the Stand-up Comic

This is a great SlideShare presentation on using the techniques of the stand-up comic and improv expert to make your point as a presenter.

Hat Tip to the slide author and blogger at Brand Autopsy
Stand-Up Presentations

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PowerPoint Abuse Discussed Again...

Jeffrey Phillips at Thinking Faster has a post "The State of Corporate Communications" where he decries the continued use of PowerPoint presentations where presenters read their slides with little grasp of how to frame their messages and to communicate them effectively.  He suggests that presenters need to return to the art of storytelling, a charge that Clff Atkinson with his Beyond Bullet Points has also tried to lead the charge on. 

Great Presenters and Presentations

In my Powerful Presentation Techniques session I like to get attendee participation by showing or listening to 4 - 6 speeches that are considered among the best in recent history. 

Among the speeches I often include in my session are the following:

1. I have a dream, Martin Luther King, Jr
2. A Day of Infamy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
3. Nixon Impeachment, Barbara Jordan
4. Inaugural Address, John F Kennedy

After listening or viewing the speeches, I ask why are these great speeches and why are these great presenters?  The discussion is always engaging and interesting.  As we discuss these speeches, the factors that are identified making them great are often the following:

• Passion
• Energy
• Commitment
• Repetition
• Thematic
• Story Telling
• Voice modulation

As you continue to refine your presentation skills listen to these great presenters and ask yourself why are they so good and how can I learn from their techniques.