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	<title>Powerful Pointy Presentations</title>
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		<title>Presentations, Just Wing It (or not)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What if you were selected for the part of Henry V and had to give the  monolgue before the battle of Agincourt &#8211; it&#8217;s only 273 words &#8211; you could wing it. Right?
Or what if the Parents and Citizens&#8217; Association of your child&#8217;s school decided to put on a fund raising concert and asked you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://powerfulpointypresentations.com.au/08/presentations-just-wing-it-or-not/</link>
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		<title>Sales Presentations What Are You Selling?</title>
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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 the  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://powerfulpointypresentations.com.au/04/sales-presentations-what-are-you-selling/</link>
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		<title>Singers &#8211; Presentation Tips</title>
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So you’re thinking, what the hell – do you want me to sing my powerpoint presentation? Maybe yes, if you want it to be memorable, but then again it could be memorable for all the wrong reasons.
Singer and bands drag themselves above the plethora of also-rans by rehearsal: constant practice of every intro, outro, lick, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://powerfulpointypresentations.com.au/04/singers-presentation-tips/</link>
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		<title>The &#8220;Horse&#8221; Caption</title>
		<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





		
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		<link>http://powerfulpointypresentations.com.au/02/the-horse-caption/</link>
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		<title>Learning Presentation Skills from Radio Announcers &#8211; Part 3 &#8211; The Theatre of the Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Radio announcers use stories to unleash what’s called the “Theatre of the mind” , creating pictures in the minds of the listeners, and emotions in their hearts. They have no visual props, no PowerPoint, no video,  but they can still create the effect with just a microphone and their voice.
Orson Welles, was so good at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://powerfulpointypresentations.com.au/01/learning-presentation-skills-from-radio-announcers-part-3-the-theatre-of-the-mind/</link>
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		<title>Learn Presentation Skills From Radio Announcers – part 2</title>
		<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 last twenty or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://powerfulpointypresentations.com.au/01/learn-presentation-skills-from-radio-announcers-%e2%80%93-part-2/</link>
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		<title>PowerPoint Presentations Reducing Performance Anxiety</title>
		<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, at the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://powerfulpointypresentations.com.au/12/powerpoint-presentations-reducing-performance-anxiety/</link>
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		<title>Learn Presentation Skills From Radio Announcers &#8211; part 1</title>
		<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;
“Hello, how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://powerfulpointypresentations.com.au/11/learn-presentation-skills-from-radio-announcers-part-1/</link>
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		<title>3 &#8211; The Big Picture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The human brain likes images: we are programmed to react to them for our own safety, and you can use this fact to make your messages stand out. I've been to many presentations on complex subjects. Some of them have been excruciating because I didn't have a clue about the overview of the solution. Try these methods.]]></description>
		<link>http://powerfulpointypresentations.com.au/11/3-the-big-picture/</link>
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		<title>Learning Presentation Skills From Advertisers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Selling the sizzle, not the sausage.

Advertisers use their words, images and stories to influence you to purchase a product service or solution or to support a cause or person. They often communicate messages to make you believe that some brands are superior, not because they are intrinsically better, but because the brand will make you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://powerfulpointypresentations.com.au/11/learning-presentation-skills-from-advertisers/</link>
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