Industry conferences can be so painful. It’s hard to listen to back-to-back break-out sessions without your mind overflowing. Once my brain is full (which doesn’t take much), I can hardly tolerate another 30 slide, text-heavy Power Point that forgets to take the audience into account. By the end of the first day, audiences are begging for a … [Read more...] about A Packed Room: Tip #1 for Attracting and Keeping Your Audience at a Conference
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Good morning, my name is…
I could mouth the opening lines of 98% of business presentations along with the speaker verbatim: "Good morning. My name is [Name here] and I am the [Position Here]. Today, we are going to talk about..." [CLICK. AGENDA SLIDE] [READS AGENDA]" Yawn. Where's the suspense? The interest? The creativity? I know, I know. You're … [Read more...] about Good morning, my name is…