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Presentation Gold

by Tom j Dolan

Earn Support for your Solutions with Presentation Gold.

Presentation Gold means Success is in your hands. Presentations have become a central part of life for people in business, Corporate, Professionals, Academics, Medical and so many more. At any time Speakers are addressing all kinds of organizations: Business, Social, Political, Non-profits, etc. So, Speakers must consider how Best to…

influence that particular Audience. A good Verbal Presentation plus Visuals: Slides, Graphs, Charts, Videos, and Handouts are all part of the Presenters tools of the trade. But is that Presentation Gold? Do you feel that’s enough investment in a Presentation, or should there be more to it?

Well, here’s a point often overlooked by a Presenter and that is “The Silent Conversation”. It does exist and it too should be an influence on How you design and deliver your Presentations.

There are so many bits of advice for Speakers and Presenters available in books at amazon.com and in websites all over the web. All of them, well almost all of them, will advise you to ‘know your audience’. That’s good advice. Rarely do you read about the conversation that your Audience is having with you.

Oh yes, it’s true that sometimes the Audience will communicate some information to you. By leaving in the middle of your Speech or Presentation. Or focusing on their cell phone or wi-fi pad. By napping, or conversely, by shifting around in their seats. This is a type of communication that is readily apparent to a watchful Presenter. It presents to the Presenter, an opportunity to change tactics or language, information, or style of delivery.

But “The Silent Conversation” isn’t visible. There’s no indication what is being considered, the opinions being formed, the decisions about you and your topic(they do go hand-in-hand). This video will expand on this topic:

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“The Silent Conversation”
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Filed Under: Performance of Speaking Tagged With: anxiety, Audience Analysis, Coaching, ESL, PoS, preparation, PresentationTips, StageFright

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~~~ If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. ~~ Lewis Carroll ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Today is only one day in all the days that exist, But all future days could depend on what You do Today." ~~Hemingway" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Your Presentation is always about Solving a Problem for your Audience." ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Walking in the footsteps of another is easy, but you may soon discover you’re walking in a Rut.” ~~TjD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." ~~Samuel Beckett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Always finish Speaking before your Audience has finished Listening.” ~~Dorothy Sarnoff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "If you're not prepared to be wrong, You'll never come up with anything original." ~~Sir Ken Robinson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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