Fearless Presentations

Catchy presentation titles are important when you begin to design a great presentation. Your audience will determine whether your presentation is worthy of their time almost instantly. In most cases, they make that determination based entirely on the title of the speech. In this session, I'm going to show you a quick and easy way to come up with a great title for your presentation. If you do this well, it will actually make your audience want to pay attention to your speech. I always say in class, "If you start with a great title, the presentation almost writes itself." SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/catchy-presentation-titles-are-the-start-of-a-great-presentation

Want to know how to design presentations, from start to finish, in minutes versus hours or days? There are different types of presentations. Each different style has a different purpose. So the correct number of bullet points to cover and the correct amount of content to include is very important. The key rule is to cover as many bullet points as you need and absolutely no more. Secondly, add content to prove each bullet point until you're sure that your audience agrees with you, and then move on. In this session, I cover how to determine what content (and how many bullet points) are needed for each type of presentation. If you follow this format, you can design your entire presentation very quickly and easily. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/how-to-design-presentations-quickly/

This week, I was looking back over the 100 plus blog posts and podcast episodes that we have released. One of the things that hit me was that there is a very important part of the presentation that I have totally overlooked. In fact, this is one of the first things that I train my instructors on when I train new trainers. This important part of the presentation is the room setup. Proper room set up for a presentation can actually improve your performance in front of a group. The downside is true as well. Improper room set up can actually make you more nervous and make delivering the presentation more difficult. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/blog/

I was teaching the best public speaking course ever last month. Early in the program, I asked the class members, “What physically happens to people when they get nervous in front of a group?” One of the first answers was, “They lose eye contact with the audience.” My response to the class member was, “Yes, eye contact in presentation skills is important, but keeping great eye contact isn’t as hard as what you might think.” Lack of eye contact is a symptom of presentation nervousness. So, when you reduce nervousness, the symptom almost always automatically go away. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/eye-contact-in-presentation-skills-is-important-but-not-as-hard-as-you-think/

What happens when someone forces you to deliver a bad presentation? You didn’t design the speech. You didn’t even create the endless slideshow. However, you are the one who has to stand in front of the group and deliver this gem. So, how do you deliver a bad presentation? Are there things that you can do to make a lousy presentation better? Of course. In this episode, I’ll show you some things that you can do to improve any presentation. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/how-to-deliver-a-bad-presentation/

The Real Shark - How to Be a Professional Presenter with Guest Brian Burkhart

Once you have a great course designed, now you will want to spend time actually training your trainers. Step one is to help them develop good public speaking skills.Public Speaking is a Skill Remember that being a great public speaker is not a natural gift. It is a skill. This skill takes time to develop. When help companies create or revitalize a train-the-trainer process, we almost always start here. If the Subject Matter Experts are confident and if they communicate well, the programs are always more effective. If the SME’s are poor communicators, the process will fail almost 100% of the time. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/train-the-trainer-model-how-to-create-a-train-the-trainer-course/

The Train-the-Trainer Model is very common in the business world. However, many Train-the-Trainer programs have big flaws. A good analogy of what happens during this process is the old “telephone game.” Put ten people in a room. Whisper a phrase with more than 10 words into the ear of the first person. The second person then relays the message to the third person. This process continues over and over until the phrase reaches the final person. When you compare the first message with the last message, they will be totally different. This is what often happens when organizations try to implement a train-the-trainer model of employee development. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/blog/

How, exactly do we collect feedback on a presentation? Are there ways to solicit feedback that will help us grow as speakers? The answer is, absolutely, YES! However, the way that you typically ask for feedback may not be the best way to gain confidence as a speaker. In fact, many traditional feedback techniques can actually make you more nervous. In addition, speakers will sometimes make adjustments to their delivery based on anecdotal issues. This can start a snowball effect that leads to terrible presentation skills. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/How-to-Collect-Feedback-on-a-Presentation/

This is part 4 of a five-part series of 101 Public Speaking Tips. On this episode, we cover 15 places that you can practice your presentation skills. Many of these venues are ones where organizers are constantly looking for presenters. They are also pretty low pressure. (most people who deliver in these venues are not that good. So, if you are, even just an okay speaker, these audiences will likely love you. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/blog-posts/

This is part 3 of a five-part series of 101 Public Speaking Tips. In this episode, we cover ways to add showmanship to your presentation. We also give a few tips about organizing your presentations better. We finish with a bunch of PowerPoint Tips. So, if you have to create or deliver PowerPoint presentations, this episode will be great for you. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/blog-posts/

This is part 2 of a five-part series offering 101 Public Speaking Tips. In this episode, we cover a number of tips that will help you add content and impact to a presentation. The first few tips cover how to be a better storyteller when you speak. We also cover a number of ways to get your audience to participate in your presentation. We end with some of Doug’s favorite Impact Ideas for presentations. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/blog-posts/

In honor of our 101st episode, we have decided to violate a few public speaking rules and cover 101 Public Speaking Tips. This is part one of a five-part episode where we give 101 public speaking tips. Each of the five episodes is divided into sections. In part one, we cover four ways to create a great presentation outline. In addition, this episode has nine ways to reduce public speaking nervousness. We end with a number of ways to increase enthusiasm and energy. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/blog-posts/

This is episode 100, A Revolutionary Way to Eliminate Public Speaking Fear. This is our centennial podcast, and for those of you who have been listening for a while, you’ll know that I have been promoting this episode for a while. Today, we are going reveal our new process that is going to revolutionize the way that people reduce public speaking fear. We have been working on this content for the better part of an entire year. It started with the redesign of the 2-Day Fearless Presentations ® class that we released in February of this year. Next, we spent almost six months redesigning the online version of our training course. For the last few months, we have been working on ways to combine in-person training and coaching with digital training programs to reinforce content and speed up the learning process. By the way, if you listen to the entire podcast today, I’m going to give you a $600 gift at the end, so hang in there, I’m going to reveal a ton a fantastic content to you today. So make sure to listen to the entire podcast and share it with your friends!

Body language in public speaking is the nonverbal queues that your movements make during communication. Presenters often focus on what they are going to say and their visual aids. However, we often overlook an important part of the speech -- body language. In public speaking, if you look poised and confident, your audience will believe you are poised and confident. In this session, we'll cover a few simple public speaking ideas that will help you stand and move better. First, we show how important nonverbal communication is during your presentation. Next, I'll give you a few, simple tips to look more confident (even if you're nervous). Finally, I'll share a presentation secret that, once you understand it, will change the way you present. SHOW NOTES: https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/body-language-in-public-speaking/