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Tag Archives: business presentations

How to Create Better Graphs and Charts For Your Presentation

Business Communication, Q&ABy Lauren SergyMay 2, 2022

Ready to level up your business presentation and public speaking skills? Check out Business Presentation Mastery to get started!   Are you stuffing your presentation slide deck with dreadful graphs and charts?   Few things can induce information overwhelm and Death by PowerPoint faster than a bad graph. Unfortunately, most business presenters have some pretty…

How to find time to practice your speech (even when your schedule is hopelessly jammed!)

Discipline, Skill development, Two Minute TipBy Lauren SergyJuly 29, 2021

Do you struggle to find time to practice your speech with your packed schedule? The idea of grinding through your speech over and over for 30, 60, or 90 minutes at a stretch can make anyone turn into a master procrastinator. Practice is absolutely essential for delivering a good talk, but you don’t need to…

How to Calm Pre-Talk Jitters & Nervousness

Business Communication, Confidence, Fear, Mindset, Performance, Q&ABy Lauren SergyFebruary 13, 2020

Do you find yourself getting slammed with jittery nervousness right before you get up to give a talk? Many people get a rush of public speaking jitters when they get up in front of their audience, even if they don’t feel nervous when preparing the presentation. And while that nervousness might go away a minute…

How to Get Your Presentation Timing Right

Content creation, Discipline, Presenting, Q&ABy Lauren SergyJanuary 10, 2020

Do you find yourself always going over…or under…time on your presentation? Many presenters worry that their talk is going to be too short, but then end up running way over time or needing to chop sections out on the fly. Ensuring your presentation fills (but doesn’t exceed) the time you’ve been allotted is important. It’s…

How to stop saying “Um” and “Ah” in your speeches

Discipline, Fear, Performance, Q&A, Skill development, Talk Shop, TechniquesBy Lauren SergySeptember 12, 2018

Is your speech plagued by umms, ahs, and other pointless filler words like “so, like, y’know,” etc? I’ve got a question from Tamara on this very common issue:   Hi Lauren – I find myself saying “um” and “ah” a lot when I give a presentation, and I hate it! It’s distracting and makes me…

How to open your talk

Business Communication, Charisma, Content creation, Getting the message across, Q&A, Talk Shop, TechniquesBy Lauren SergyAugust 26, 2018

The first few minutes of your speech or talk are critical. Putting together a really solid opener can be tricky, and Ian is looking for advice on how to create stronger openers will grab his audience’s attention from the start: Hi Lauren,  My name is Ian, and I’m in the financial sector. I give lots…

How to get over making mistakes in your presentation

Confidence, Performance, Q&A, Tactics, Talk ShopBy Lauren SergyAugust 10, 2018

So you made a mistake during your presentation. Even if the rest of the presentation goes great, it’s the mistakes that get burned into our brain. Yes, everyone makes mistakes, but how to you get over a mistake when the memory of it makes you want to hide with shame? It’s important to figure this…

How to Deal with Hecklers – Public Speaking Tips

Audience, Confidence, Fear, Performance, Q&A, Talk ShopBy Lauren SergyJuly 28, 2018

It’s a presenter’s nightmare: some jerk in the audience decides to give you a hard time, asking impossible questions, challenging everything you say, making snarky comments, and trying to make you look like an idiot. Congratulations – you’ve got a heckler. Hecklers can really throw you off your game, and it happened to Laura who…

Why public speaking makes you feel sick

Confidence, Fear, Performance, Q&A, Talk ShopBy Lauren SergyJuly 11, 2018

You’re about to give a talk. You’ve practiced, you think you’re ready, but then…your heart starts to pound, your mouth gets dry and your hands get sweaty, your brain goes blank, and you feel like throwing up. What’s going on? Welcome to the wonderful world of speaker’s anxiety manifested in the famous “Flight or Fight”…

What to wear when giving a talk

appearance, Presenting, Q&A, Talk ShopBy Lauren SergyJune 13, 2018

Whether you or not you believe the adage “Never judge a book by it’s cover,” the simple fact is that our appearance matters when we give a presentation. A lot of messages get packed into our appearance, hence people getting hung up on picking their outfits when giving presentations. This sartorially-themed post comes courtesy of…

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