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re: Presentation skills - how not to send people to sleep!

Olivia Mitchell — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:56:21 GMT

These are good points and here's another tip for making your presentation engaging. Provide concrete and specific examples so that your audience can see what you're talking about and grasp how it might apply. See this post for more information on how to do this www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/.../the-power-of-anecdotal-evidence.

The 7%/38%/55% figures that you quote are based on an extreme extrapolation of scientific results. What you say in a presentation is important.

The scientific research was carried out by Albert Mehrabian and looked at the different ways people interpreted the word "maybe" depending on the facial expression and body langiage of a person in a photo. So we should not use it to guide what's important in a presentation. Your content is critical. Olivia

re: 10 tips on preparing for a presentation

Olivia Mitchell — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:49:54 GMT

These are all good points about how to prepare for a presentation - with the exception of the last one. These figures are often quoted - but they are based on an extreme extrapolation of of scientific results. The research was done by Albert Mehrabian and looked at different ways people interpreted the word "maybe" depending on the facial expression and body language of a photo of a person.

What you say is critical in a business presentation - that's what people are there for. For tips on how to plan the content of your presentation go to www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/.../content

Olivia Mitchell

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