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Terry GaultArticlesDisplaying Results 1 - 15 for terry gault Authenticity in Presentation ... are simply unrealistic. Neither one is always true. We all make mistakes and we all have successes. There are no absolutes. [Terry and I will temporarily disagree on the word "mistakes", but that is the subject of an upcoming article of ... Read Presentation and Baseball: the Power of Being PresentI recently came across an op-ed article in the New York Times by David Brooks that struck me as significant for the art of presenting. In his piece, Brooks examines “The Mental ABC’s of Pitching” by the sport psychologist H.A. Dorfman. ... Read Wake Up Your AudienceWhy do you make presentations? Is it your idea? An assignment? A necessity? Part of your job? Of course there must be a reason for each presentation: to sell...to educate...to motivate. But to what kind of audience? To your boss? To an ... Read Using Symbols in Your Presentation"Everything in life cannot be grasped by the logic-centered left brain." D.T.Suzuki
Sometimes you need more than your own dynamic self to get your message across. Just standing there and talking is not very creative and not much of a ... Read Transparencey and ReputationWhen an eager young person, perhaps a recent college graduate, applies for a job, will they mention their MySpace page? Or their Facebook entry? Probably not, but those sites can be checked, regardless of whether or not they've added them ... Read The Path to Presentation Peace: Mindfulness and StillnessImagine a classroom, then imagine thirty children sitting still and quiet. Imagine these children imagining loving kindness on the playground. The peaceful ring of a Tibetan singing bowl -- no shouting, no laughing, no airborne paper ... Read The Empathetic ParaphraseHow do you prove to a speaker that you are really listening to what they are saying?
When we speak with someone, the actual words we choose convey part of the meaning, but only part. Much of the meaning is conveyed by tone of voice ... Read The Discovery Process: Mental MapsHow customers view you or your products is garnered by a framework of assumptions, stories and images in their minds.
If you really want to influence someone, your first task is to understand how they think. An individual's ... Read The Art of Presentation Tip #1We present to shift the audience's perspective. We want to sell...we want to educate...we want to motivate.
None of this can happen until you awaken your audience and get their attention.
How to awaken your audience:
* ... Read The Alternative Reality Game and Public SpeakingHave you ever noticed that the the most charismatic people all share something in common? If you think of the most likable person in your group of friends, or the most charismatic politician you can think of, or your most memorable teacher ... Read Succint SkillsWe've all heard that less is more, but not when applied to the frenetic, fact-filled culture of today. Today we are constantly bombarded with information, junk, information, junk information. There's little "free space" left -- with ... Read Structuring Your PresentationIn the beginning...it all seems like chaos. Your thoughts, your mind, what you want to get across, what you want to tell your audience.
To create an effective presentation, you must create order out of this chaos.
The ancient ... Read Spin Versus Authenticity"Dishonesty is sanitized in a world of spin."
The title of this Leonard Pitts' column, written for the Miami-Herald in 2007, tells us what we probably already know: that what we see (and what we hear) in today's world is not ... Read Public Speaking Tip #4: Controlling Your VoiceTremendous subtlety of meaning is conveyed by voice. Not just nuance and emotional context, but basic meaning of words varies according to vocal inflection.
The words you choose to speak serve as platforms from which your tone of ... Read Practicing and Preparing Your Presentation"Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment." Robert Benchley
Procrastination. We are all guilty of that particular vice. Don't do it. Take the first step in preparing your ... Read Searches related to: terry gault
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