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How To Tell A Story With Data
HBR - April 24, 2013
Here are some journalistic strategies on telling a good story that apply to data visualizations as well. Read »
Six Ways To Be More Compelling
Inc. - February 26, 2013
Everyone has to sell something, most often themselves. Most pitches fall flat or offend. Here are six ways to make your offering compelling. Read »
Why Your Startup Needs To Ditch The Pitch
VentureBeat - February 20, 2013
You have to ditch the pitch and be willing to tell a real story about yourself and your startup. Here are eight guidelines to get you started and explain why ditching that pitch is your only hope. Read »
Advice From Richard Branson On Public Speaking
Entrepreneur - February 4, 2013
"The key is to understand your message, put your own personality into it and convey it in your own words." Read »
How To Not Suck At Public Speaking
HBR - February 4, 2013
I've spent years studying leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity, and as we're very slowly starting to understand, no one is born as a great leader or innovator. It must be learned and consciously developed... Read »
3 Strategies For Overcoming Fear Of Public Speaking
Fast Company - January 18, 2013
No matter how seasoned or “under-seasoned” you are when it comes to making presentations, there is going to be some particular audience, some particular topic, some particularly poor timing or something else in... Read »
Six Ways To Dramatically Improve Your Presentations
SmartBlog - January 15, 2013
Using these six keys to presenting will enable you to stand out and be more confident and effective. A little refresher course may be all you really needed. Read »
5 Presentation Mistakes Everyone Makes
HBR - December 13, 2012
We all know what it's like to sit through a bad presentation. We can easily spot the flaws — too long, too boring, indecipherable, what have you — when we watch others speak. The thing is, when we take the stage... Read »
You’ll Never Blow A Presentation If You Do This
HBR - November 13, 2012
By considering different points of view and addressing doubts and fears before they become roadblocks, you'll demonstrate an open mind — and invite your audience to respond in kind. Read »
Set Up Your Presentation Like A Story
HBR - November 1, 2012
After studying hundreds of speeches, I've found that the most effective presenters use the same techniques as great storytellers: By reminding people of the status quo and then revealing the path to a better way, they set up... Read »
18 Secrets To Presenting Like Steve Jobs
Business Insider - October 30, 2012
In his book "The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs," Carmine Gallo lays out 18 steps you can follow to give talks like the founder of Apple: Read »
5 Elements Of A Perfect Pitch (Thx Richard Branson)
Forbes - October 23, 2012
In his book, Branson recommends that entrepreneurs who are looking to raise money in these tough economic conditions keep their presentations simple and memorable. Read »
Stories Work Better Than PowerPoints
Thought Leaders - October 4, 2012
Experience has always been the best teacher. Read »
Jeff Bezos And The End of PowerPoint As We Know It
Forbes - September 10, 2012
The next time you deliver a PowerPoint presentation that matters—a product launch, investor pitch, new client meeting— take a cue from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and ditch the bullet points. Read »
89 Totally Useless Business Cliches
Forbes - June 20, 2012
It’s a paradigm shift. We’re data-driven. We need to wrap our heads around this. It’s a win-win. ROI [used in any sentence]. Read »
