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Tag: speaking tips

Storytelling and the power of visual feedback

Increase Your Impact as a Speaker and Presenter

May 15th, 2017

I undermined the impact of my opening. I relied on my notes too much. I failed to advance my slides as intended. Those are just three of the critical observations […]

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You’re introducing a speaker: can you channel Leonard Cohen?

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November 22nd, 2016

By Rama – Own work, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, Link   Leonard Cohen’s passing offered us all an occasion to re-visit his art and impact. In my fantasy of this […]

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Storytellers demonstrate the engagement power of passion

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June 11th, 2016

    It’s a challenge that has defeated many experts with decades of professional experience. But in Calgary recently, at Congress 2016, 21 grad students from universities across the country managed […]

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Do you Engage Audiences (or Render Them Comatose)?

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February 15th, 2015

How often are you rendered comatose by a presenter at the front of the room who commits one or more of these completely avoidable offences: 1. Failing to have curated […]

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