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		<title>US Marines Five Paragraph Order and Presentations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Situation and Mission The US Marines use the Five Paragraph Order to communicate verbal battle orders with an acronym SMEAC. Situation Mission Execution Administration and Logistics Command and Signal (Communications) For more information see wikipedia I’ve also used it a lot for non-military planning and I believe we can improve our presentations by using it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Busting the Mehrabian Myth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was first alerted to this myth by Rolene Liebenberg and found the video on Lisa Braithwaite&#8217;s excellent site Speak Shmeak. Trainers, especially presentation trainers keep pushing the myth that only 7% of meaning comes from the words we use and quote Albert Mehrabian as the scientific source. He never said this and the video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Suck at PowerPoint</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note the emphasis on &#8220;You&#8221;. Another brilliant presentation YOU SUCK AT POWERPOINT! View more presentations from @JESSEDEE. Share this on Facebook Share this on LinkedIn Tweet This! Get Shareaholic]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliant Presentation Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These guys will do me out of a job! One Hour PowerPoint: Ten Strategies for Improving Presentations View more presentations from David Jakes. Share this on Facebook Share this on LinkedIn Tweet This! Get Shareaholic]]></description>
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		<title>Sales Presentations What Are You Selling?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here for pdf I was inspired to put this worksheet together from a discussion thread on linekdin. to quote the thread owner Tony Robinson Sales trainer, coach and consultant ; What is it that you really sell? Some years ago a Harley Davidson marketing executive, when asked this question, famously said..&#8221;what we sell is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Horse&#8221; Caption</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My presentation friend David Upton introduced me to this concept. If it&#8217;s bleedingly obvious what the picture is, don&#8217;t put a caption on it, the audience will think you&#8217;re doubting their intelligence. Here&#8217;s an example: There is plenty of good information on how to apply captions here Share this on Facebook Share this on LinkedIn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn Presentation Skills From Radio Announcers – part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the previous post we talked about personalising your presentation with &#8220;you&#8217; phrasing and how to avoid &#8220;umm&#8221; and &#8220;err&#8221;. Radio announcers can teach us much more about how to conduct an effective PowerPoint presentation. Radio Voice The first thing is that you don’t need a “radio voice” to be successful. The trend over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PowerPoint Presentations Reducing Performance Anxiety</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s natural to be a little anxious or nervous before your big presentation and certainly preparation, planning and practice beforehand will help. (Prior preparation and planning prevents p!ss poor performance). However if you still beel nevous before the presentation, here are some tips. This one comes from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Start rehearsing  your preparation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn Presentation Skills From Radio Announcers &#8211; part 1</title>
		<link>http://powerfulpointypresentations.com.au/11/learn-presentation-skills-from-radio-announcers-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Learning from Others]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Presentations, focus on &#8220;You&#8221; Here are a a couple of tips on presenting from a radio announcer&#8217;s point-of-view. Who does a radio announcer speak to? This is a trick question. The answer is a singular “YOU” – good radio announcers don’t say “Hello to all you listeners out there” , they say something like; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Powerpoint</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About Us Acme Widgets View more presentations from Bill Kernoczy. If your presentation looks anything like this then you&#8217;re in deep trouble. There&#8217;s lots of problems here, but guess what &#8211; I&#8217;ve actually been forced to watch presentations like this. Most of the information given rates as &#8220;Care Factor &#8211; Zero&#8221;. Are you unwittingly boring [...]]]></description>
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