Chapter 10

Move the needle on your presentation skills

“All great speakers were bad speakers at first.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The ability to be a great presenter is a skill.

What I want to do in this chapter is give you a long-term action plan to help you make a noticeable difference in your presenting.

To move the needle on your presentation skills long term the five Actions you need to consider are:

  1. Present, present, present.
  2. Employ the Audience Focused Presenting Approach for every presentation.
  3. Complete the checklists.
  4. Continue to ask for feedback.
  5. Make better presenting your goal.

1. Present, present, present

It might sound silly but the first thing you have to do to be a great presenter or even a better presenter is to present.

That’s ...

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