ImagesActing Techniques That Help You Create Content

When on stage, an actor’s job is to change another person’s perspective. He or she tries to get someone to do something and, hopefully, feel something. This objective may be focused on a scene partner or the audience at large. A successful combination of a good script and an effective performance causes change. Without change, there’s no point to any play.

In business presentations, the goal is the same. You inform an audience so that they react to your message and somehow change their perspective. If you’re successful, they react the way you want them to. In this chapter, we’ll introduce you to the ...

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