Listen up. Your presentation should do one thing: support your story. Your slides are not meant to replace you, nor should they compete with your voice. Yet, it’s easy to fall into the trap of overloading slides with text or data, trying to anticipate every possible need. Here’s the challenge: when you present overloaded slides, your audience tunes […]
From Chaos to Clarity: Winning Slide Strategies Read More »
Some people just know how to read a room. They have this seemingly uncanny ability to perceive and understand the emotions, attitudes, and dynamics of a group of people in a given setting — and tailor their communications and behaviors in real time to make the most of the moment. Guess what? Those who do
I coach a lot of life science and biotech clients who create scientific and technical presentations. From pitches to high stakes regulatory meetings, time and again speakers overload their presentations (slides and talking points) with data — with the expectation that the data will do the job that the speaker actually needs to do themselves…
The Data Doesn’t Speak for Itself Read More »
I don’t typically read from a script when I present. Often I will have some bullets for reference in front of me to remind me of my key points, and I’m pretty comfortable speaking without a script as long as I’m comfortable with my material. Many of my clients do the same. However, there are
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When I coach people on creating powerful presentations, one of the first things we work on is their PowerPoint slides. Because much of the business world uses PowerPoint to share data among teams, it’s natural to want to put every data point and every clarifying message on a slide to ensure the reader will understand
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