Public Speaking Book only $0.99 for 100 Tips!

The 100 Tips and Tricks in this book are techniques and strategies I learned through my years of presenting and coaching speakers, and now through May 8, 2020, you can get the ebook for only $0.99. Here’s a sample tip (screen shot):

Book Launch Special $0.99 thru May 8, 2020

Get your confidence on!Get my latest book, 100 Tips & Tricks to Appear Confident in Presentations: Public Speaking Success in 5 Minutes or Less! for only $0.99 for the ebook on Amazon. The paperback is $9.99. Practical, Illustrated tips, one to a page, will boost your skills and confidence! Editorial Review: An easy to read, […]

PunchSlide Design Presentation Slide Makeover

Great slides will not compensate for an otherwise lackluster presentation, one that doesn’t have a clear message or isn’t engaging. That’s primarily what I work on as a presentation coach (slides are usually the last part of my content development process, and I do not consider them required for most presentations, except webinars). But, your […]

Speak with Confidence and Credibility Webinar (practice session)

In this 51-minute webinar practice video (I’m giving a webinar for the TCSHRM–Twin Cities Society for Human Resource Management in a couple of weeks), you will learn 6 Power Tips to Speaking with Confidence and Credibility (it’s not perfect, but I am modeling my belief in practice & dress rehearsal!): Structure with PREP Create Catchy […]

10 Ways to Make a “Boring” Workshop Topic Exciting

Have you ever wondered how to create engagement for a “dry” or “boring” topic? Recently, at the end of a 90-minute workshop I conducted on “Email Etiquette,” for a staff development day for an online public school (on-site meeting), the principal walked up to me with a big smile on his face, “I wondered how you could make […]

FREE Public Speaking Class Jan 11 (Twin Cities)

Date: Monday, January 11, 2016 Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Location:  Ridgedale Library (Minnetonka, MN)  Link to reserve your seat (free event presented on behalf of District 6 Toastmasters) Speak with conviction and confidence! No matter the subject, you can capture your audience’s attention and keep them engaged. In this FREE, interactive class, you […]

Moving and Combining Shapes in PowerPoint (Video)

Creating (or re-creating) a graphic in PowerPoint is a way to use simple images to create images, icons or other shapes that get your point across, without having to pay a graphic artist, or using someone else’s copyrighted picture. In this 5-minute Jing video, I show how I created the above image. The “combine shapes” feature […]

Tailoring a Keynote: Making the Material Connect

People in your audiences want to feel special, to feel that you understand them and their needs.  You can create a presentation that connects with a particular audience by tailoring your existing content to connect with them. Would you like to “look behind the curtain” and see my process?  It may give you some ideas […]

Tailoring Your Presentation to the Audience

Even if you have a “canned” presentation, you will want to tailor it for each audience, to better connect and engage the participants, and to specifically address topics related to your presentation that the meeting planner deems important. Through a discovery process of asking questions of the meeting planner and of conducting short, informational interviews […]