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16 Ways to Make Your Case at Meetings

What’s the best way to prepare for an argument or debate? Keeping an open mind and preparing for different points of view...

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Understand your Audience

The Best Way to Explain Complex Concepts – Part 1

Albert Einstein once said, ‘If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.” While we have an entire...

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Inspiration

What Brexit and Trump Can Teach Us About Rhetoric

What can any presenter, who wants to stand out from the crowd, learn from the momentous events of 2016 and the speeches...

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Book Reviews

Slide:ology by Nancy Duarte: Create Moving and Amazing Presentations

This is Nancy Duarte’s magnum opus. It’s the best book she’s written and the one that every presenter, coach and slide design...

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Authenticity

How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking in 6 Mostly Easy Steps

Presentation Guru is dedicated to helping professionals communicate with real impact in pursuit of whatever they do. We want designers to design,...

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Technology

10 of the Best Tools for Hosting a Webinar

Earlier this week we published a wonderful article by Shane Purnell on four digital platforms you can use to spread your message to...

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Build Your Skills

Rhetoric – the Game That Will Make Public Speaking Fun

Public speaking. The mere thought of it can set hearts pounding! And yet, being able to communicate one’s ideas in public is...

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Build Your Skills

How to Prepare for the Unexpected Questions

As presenters, many of us have been caught off guard during the Q&A section after a presentation. In this article, Jim gives a detailed...

Post it notes being used in a presentation

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Performance

What Do You Think About Having Notes When You Present?

We’ve published a few articles on presentation preparation, but we’ve never addressed the use of notes when presenting. It’s exactly the kind...

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Data Visualisation

Make Your Point With Simple, Clear Charts

Here’s an article by Kartik Sundar, co-founder of Aploris, on creating charts that the audience will understand. Aploris enables PowerPoint users to...

Bored executives - is your sales presentation fit for purpose

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Message

Is Your Sales Presentation Fit For Purpose?

From preparation to execution, sales presentations can be difficult to manage. Previously, we’ve published some tips for pitching in general, but in this article Simon...