World's Best Presentation Tips is a series of posts where presentation bloggers from all over the world share their favourite posts with us at All About Presentations. This is an exclusive for AAP readers. Today's Blogger: Lisa Braithwaite from Speak Schmeak Lisa Braithwaite is a Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Coach. She is also a prolific blogger and blogs at Speak Schmeak. Today Lisa shares with us two of her favourite posts (from her blog) along with a small note explaining why she likes these posts. 1. Falling in love with the real you This is one of my favorites because it ties together my thoughts on authenticity and embracing who you are as a person when you get up in front of an audience. 2. 9 things you can learn from a home shopping show This is one of my favorites because I love to find examples and analogies for speakers to use to help them build their skills. This one was full of great tips. Thanks Lisa for sharing her favourite posts with us. Th...

World's Best Presentation Tips is a series of posts where presentation bloggers from all over the world share their favourite posts with us at All About Presentations. This is an exclusive for AAP readers. Today's Blogger: MJ Plebon from PresentingYourPoint.com MJ Plebon started blogging in 2008. Today he shares his favourite post with us along with this note: "This post is by far the most popular from a readership viewpoint. After many years in corporate life presenting graphs and charts, the risk of confusing or boring your audience is great. Every chart or graph is a story in itself. Now the SWOT analysis is a common business tool and an ideal platform to develop a wonderful story line to support your proposed strategy, your reputation and your career. When presenting a chart of graph, always tell the story behind it." Here is his post: Don't Sweat When Presenting the SWOT Thanks MJ for sharing this post with us.

World's Best Presentation Tips is a series of posts where presentation bloggers from all over the world share their favourite posts with us at All About Presentations. This is an exclusive for AAP readers. Today's Blogger: Denis Francois Gravel from PRESENTability.com I asked Denis to send us his favourite post and Denis sent three. He liked all these 3 posts so much he asked me to choose one. I decided to share all the three with you. Here they are (Denis has written a small note with each link): 1. To boldly go beyond pie chart: I am particularly proud of the theme, the link between pie chart, presentation and Star Trek. 2. 7 Speaking Lessons from Pecha Kucha Quebec: The lessons are really for any presentations. They are universal. It is so true that PechaKucha.org linked it to their blog: "We usually aren’t so crazy about “guides” on how to give a PKN presentation — for us, it’s really all about being yourself — but it’s certainly hard not to agree with what De...

World's Best Presentation Tips is a series of posts where presentation bloggers from all over the world share their favourite posts with us at All About Presentations. This is an exclusive for AAP readers. Today's Blogger: Nick Morgan from Public Words Nick is a popular blogger who writes on public speaking and presentations. He sent a small note for us while sharing his favourite post. He said, "Here's my recent favorite blog, that I published on the Harvard Business School Publishing Blogs. It attracted a lot of comments and was very well received." Three Steps to Make Your Next Speech Your Best The three steps he talks about are: 1. First, step out from behind the podium and choreograph your relationship to the audience. 2. Second, listen to your audience. 3. Finally, focus on your emotional intentions for approximately three minutes before important meetings and speeches. Thanks Nick for sharing this post.

This is a guest post by Rangarajan V. This is the last and final part of the three part series.  This series is especially helpful for consultants. In Part I we learnt that we can improve as a presenter by paying careful attention to three aspects; thinking, making and delivering. Think about what we have to say and come up with few key messages. In Part II Rangarajan talks about 'making' and covers topics like storyboarding, message, headline. If your presentation passes the 'layman' test then it is going to be a 'wow' presentation. Now we will read the third part of the series. 3. Delivering the presentation The culmination of days/weeks of hard work is almost here. Today is presentation day. The way you deliver your presentation today will determine whether your audience thinks of your effort as ‘oh-wow!’ or ‘umm-what?’ As a presenter or presenting team, what can you do to ensure that your chances of creating a ‘wow’ impact are increased? Planning: The first...

This is a guest post by Rangarajan V. This is the second part in the three part series. In the last post we learnt that one can improve as a presenter by paying careful attention to three aspects; thinking, making and delivering. Think about what we have to say and come up with few key messages. Our key messages should cover two things; the necessity for taking action and what is the recommended action? 2. Making the presentation Once the key messages are clear in your mind, you need to think about the best way to communicate your ideas to your audience. There is no one ‘best way’ of communicating your thoughts. Most people, however, tend to use Microsoft PowerPoint to make presentations these days. Even within PowerPoint, there are infinite ways of communicating the same idea. What is it you can do to ensure that you make a hard-hitting presentation? Keep the following aspects in mind: Storyboarding: Build a story or theme around what you want to say. Stories stick in people’s mind...

This is a guest post by Rangarajan V, a consultant at AT Kearney. This is the first post in a series of 3 posts. Cheetahs are capable of running at incredible speeds of up to 100 kmph. Why? Answer: Necessity – Over millions of years, cheetahs have had to become faster and faster to be able to catch increasingly swift prey. When one’s survival is going to depend on a particular skill, one tends to become better at it. The same is the case with presentations. The more presentations you are required to make, the better you become at it. Ask any consultant and he/she will tell you. Consultants spend most of their waking lives preparing and delivering presentations to varied audiences. Making a presentation to a VP - Product Development head is not the same as making one to a Brand manager or a Sales head or a CEO. But the underlying objective is the same – to impress the audience, to make them say ‘wow’! Easier said than done. How does one create the wow factor in a presentation? I...

World's Best Presentation Tips is a series of posts where presentation bloggers from all over the world share their favourite posts with us at All About Presentations. This is an exclusive for AAP readers. Today's Blogger: Jeff Brenman of Apollo Ideas Jeff is a presentations blogger and he started blogging in 2008. He shares 'one of his most useful tips' with us today. While sharing this tip he had this to say. "This post is great because it's a simple tip that can make a big difference right away. I've had a lot of excellent feedback from presenters who say thinking about their slides this way helped them dramatically improve the quality and effectiveness of their presentations." Breaking up is great to do. Enjoy reading this post.

By reading this post you will know how to choose the right chart type for your data. You will know which charts you can use and which you cannot for a given situation at hand. In my last article on www.24Point0.com (a website I write for) I have written about 'How to select the right chart/graph for your data?' If you have been reading my blog you will remember that in September I ran a 14 post series on making charts. Read it here:  Recap of 14 Tips to Present Awesome Charts In the 2nd post of the series I shared my methodology of how to go about choosing the right chart. Then why one more post on the same topic? In the new post I have presented 3 methodologies to you. 1. My methodology 2. Andrew Abela's method 3. Chandoo's method Andrew Abela is a popular presentations blogger and Chandoo is an expert in MS Excel. Going through these 3 methods (which do share some similarities) you will get a complete picture of which charts can be used when you have a data to...

World's Best Presentation Tips is a series of posts where presentation bloggers from all over the world share their favourite posts with us at All About Presentations. This is an exclusive for AAP readers. Today's Blogger: Fred E. Miller from No Sweat Public Speaking Fred is a serial entrepreneur (he has been part of 6 businesses) and is passionate about Public Speaking. He shares his favourite post with us and adds "It is a favorite because the opposite is done so often!" Pause: Silence is Golden! And an important element of Speaking! Enjoy reading the post.

My blog has crossed 200 posts. This happened on the 3rd of this month. That's another small milestone that makes me immensely happy. I completed 475 days of blogging on May 3. 200 posts in 475 days. That means 2 posts every 5 days! I thank all my readers, friends, colleagues and my better half for all the support and encouragement. Background Image: Salvatore Vuono

World's Best Presentation Tips is a series of posts where presentation bloggers from all over the world share their favourite posts with us at All About Presentations. This is an exclusive for AAP readers. Today's Blogger: Scott B. Schwertly from Ethos 3 Scott has been blogging since 2006. He is the CEO of Ethos 3, a company which offers presentation design and training services. When I asked him to share his favourite posts from his blog, this is what he picked. #1 The Prom Queen - "I see this mistake in almost every presentation" he said. #2 A Presentation Review of Jamie Oliver (a video post) - "Great discussion on the importance of passion." he adds. Thanks to Scott for sharing these with us. I am sure we all will enjoy reading these posts.

Sebastian Wernicke has statistically analysed the first 525 TED talks published on TED.com. He has made a note of what words people have used in their TED talks; which talks have been liked by most people; which talks have seen most comments; which talks are not at all popular. He has then come up with an analysis of what one needs to do to make the 'perfect' TED talk. From what dress one should wear to what words one should use. In this funny talk (which of course is meant only for fun) Sebastian shows us the results of his wonderful analysis. Apart from being interesting, the talk is also very well delivered (good use of humor and excellent slides). Go ahead, see Sebastian in action on TED and enjoy. His presentation is just 6 minutes long. I found this link on Cool Infographics .

What you are going to read now is perhaps the best presentation tip ever written at one go. Seth Godin , famous author and blogger, wrote an e-book in 2003 and then re-wrote a summary of it in 2007. This post of his is one of a kind; so much of 'presentation wisdom' in such a small article. That's why this post is among the best presentation tips ever written. Click here to read the article. Here is a small summary of the same in my words (do read it as well): 1. PowerPoint is inevitable. You have to learn to use it. Whether you in college, in business or in the military. 2. PowerPoint is being misused now-a-days. We don't know how to use it. 3. Communication is the transfer of emotions. If you are only going to present facts and figures then it is better to shun the presentation and send in an excel report. 4. You are presenting in order to convince, because if everyone agreed with you already then why are you presenting in the first place? Realise this fact, make yo...

April was all about collecting the best presentation tips from all over the world. It all started on April 5 when I thought how great it will be if presentation bloggers from all over the world share their favourite posts with us. So I wrote to all the bloggers I knew of and most of them have responded. Thus started a sequence which I titled 'World's Best Presentation Tips'. Already I have shared with you the favourite posts of 7 bloggers. There are atleast 6 more to come. Other than this, I also interviewed Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik, Chief Belief Officer of Future Group (Big Bazaar & Pantaloons). In this interview (read here) he talks about his TED experience and how he prepared and excelled at his TED presentation. I also recommend you read these 5 posts from my blog (if you have not done that already). These 5 posts are the most read posts on my blog till date. #1. 10 tips to help you get sponsorship money from corporate. #2. How many slides should a presentation have? #...