• Personal Presentation Performed Perfectly for Women

    By: Peter Fisher
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    Your interview is coming up and you are feeling very confident. You’ve thought through how your personal presentation will sound and you are ready to go. You are confident that you have anticipated the questions they might ask you and have prepared some great answers.Read more…

  • Personal Presentation Performed Perfectly for Men

    By: Peter Fisher
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    Your interview date is set and you are feeling very optimistic. You’ve thought what you're going to say and you are feeling all prepared. You are confident that you will get the job without too much bother.Read more…

  • Interviewing Skills: Presentation of Your Work History

    By: Virginia Bola, PsyD
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    Your work history becomes a key focus in a job interview, usually right after the requisite pleasantries of whether you had difficulty finding your way, comments about the traffic and weather, and an offer of coffee or water.As you settle back in your chair, trying to look a lot more relaxed than you feel, the interviewer picks up your resume or application and starts to ask for details about your prior experience.If you have a resume that specifies quantifiable results, now is your chance to expand on that.Read more…

  • Job Applications - Preparing Your Presentation

    By: Waller Jamison
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    If you get to the second stage of the job application process and are invited for interview, you may well find that candidates are required to give a presentation - a prospect which terrifies many jobhunters! The presentation generally lasts for 5 or 10 minutes and usually applicants are warned before the interview, but sometimes it’s sprung upon them on arrival.Whichever scenario you encounter, you can make sure you are well prepared.Read more…

  • Job Applications - The Content of Your Presentation

    By: Waller Jamison
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    The content of your presentation will be based on a simple formula, one I’m sure you’ve come across in many contexts. The basic format is simple and is always the same:Tell them what you’re going to tell themMake your pointsTell them what you’ve just told themIn other words, an introduction which gives an overview of the presentation, followed by a short talk based on the points listed in the overview and to finish, a summary of the points you have just covered.How you present the material will depend on the audio visual aids available and which you feel most comfortable with.Read more…

  • Interview Presentation Skills: Dealing With Your Nerves

    By: Peter Fisher
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    Sooner or later, the interview invitation is going to say you are required to give a presentation as part of the selection process. And like most people you may dread having to do it. You may think that you cannot speak publicly because of nervousness but all good speakers are nervous, and you can overcome those nerves.Read more…

  • Presenting a Battle Plan to the Pentagon

    By: Lance Winslow
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    When presenting a battle plan to the Pentagon the presenter must understand that the Pentagon has some of the most advanced war planners in the history of mankind. Most of these Pentagon war planners have read nearly every book written on military history and battle tactics.Most of these war planners have not only been in combat in the heat of battle when chaos and controversy rule the day, but they have also beaten their opponents and enemies whether they were actual or war game simulated enemies.Read more…

  • Free Clip Art

    By: Kristy Annely
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    Creating artful presentations, crafting interesting articles, and making readable documents could be made more visually exciting if clip art is used. In fact, many people are using clip art to decorate boring write ups and projects, make their own cards, and even make a point more interesting. Most people who use clip art at present use free clip art.Read more…

  • Presenting a Government Project to the American People

    By: Lance Winslow
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    When the government wishes to promote a new project or social program to the American people it must be very careful to be able to clearly and concisely explain it. The program must be based or bathed in reality and containing a good portion of common sense. Of course the most important thing is it must be simple and easy to understand so that everyone can get the concept.Read more…

  • Projection Screens Are For Big Audiences

    By: Keith George
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    Projection screens are special screens used to project an image for the audience. Movie theatres use projection screens on a wide scale. These screens are used in conferences or home theatres as well.Read more…

  • Business Presentations for Neighborhood Watch Patrols

    By: Lance Winslow
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    Are you tired of the crime in America and in your own neighborhood and community? If so perhaps you should start a neighborhood watch patrol. First you will have to get with other concerned citizens nearby who also feel the same way you do about crime and care enough about it to do something.Read more…

  • What The Devil Wore Prada Can Teach You About Dressing For Success

    By: Susan Sommers
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    More than entertaining, The Devil Wore Prada could be considered life changing because of its powerful style lesson: To get ahead, dress appropriately—and well—for your job and lifestyle.People often overlook the potential power of their own personal image. The right attire, geared for your job and lifestyle, can actually help you rise to the top.Read more…

  • Cliche-Ladened Presentations

    By: Virden Thornton
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    Do you know people who talk in “buzz words” or “catchy cliches”? (Even the term buzz word is a cliche now because it’s another way of saying, “words or expressions that have become popular .”) Buzz words can sometimes aid a presentation, but often they tend to confuse a prospect, customer, client or co-worker.Read more…

  • Outstanding Presentations Start in the Mind: Five Secrets for Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety

    By: Ed Sykes
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    Public speaking presents such a challenge for many people. In the Book of Lists, public speaking anxiety and making a presentation constitute the number one fear; the fear of dying is number two. Like the old saying goes, “People would rather be in the grave than make a presentation.Read more…

  • You Can Be a Movie Star!

    By: Susan Trivers
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    Blockbuster movies are in the news this summer. Whether you love swashbuckling adventure, the backbiting and changing alliances of a high-powered, image conscious business, or the adventures of a mild mannered man who flies to the rescue, you get involved in the movie from the first moment and stay glued to the screen until the last fade out.Great movies can tell us a lot about how to be great speakers.Read more…

  • Expressing You! Bringing Your Presentation to Life

    By: Deborah Torres Patel
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    Whether you are an investor, entrepreneur, employee, self-employed or unemployed the ability to present yourself and your ideas powerfully has never been more important than in today’s dynamic information age. Speaking well can influence other’s views, close a deal, motivate your team, enhance your business, and elevate your reputation.Many people get jitters speaking in public.Read more…

  • Using Humor Images And Cartoons In Presentations

    By: Dessy Oundian
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    Have you talked in front of many people? Have you wondered what to do in order to get your ideas across? Any public speaker who has faced a crowd of listeners knows that humor has a great effect and brings out a point like nothing else.Read more…

  • 10 Ways to Impress Others When You Speak

    By: Steve Kaye
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    1) Be the message. You must exemplify the principles, values, and ideas that you talk about in order to have credibility urging others to adopt them.2) Think like the audience.Read more…

  • Professional Fake-ism; Suit and Tie Trickery

    By: Lance Winslow
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    Why do people wear suit and ties? Well, I believe this ancient tradition was formed so that the leaders could instantly hang the incompetent humans who wore them, when they just screwed up so badly they needed to be culled.It makes sense, I mean do you not just want to hang some of these imposters sometimes, pretending to be professionals with nothing of any real value between their ears?Read more…

  • How To Write An Artist Statement

    By: Molly Gordon
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    Your artist's statement can be a moving testament to your creativity and integrity. The expression of this commitment will vary, but the effectiveness of your artist's statement stems from the authority with which you write it.Think of your artist's statement as a nourishing stew.Read more…

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