If you decide to give handouts, the content becomes an important issue. The handouts should always be “different” from the presentation.
Don’t fall into the trap of printing out a hard copy of your visuals for the audience to take away with them. This presents a problem, especially when the presentation is designed conceptually. Continue reading
You can learn a lot about the power of hand gestures by watching Ben Vereen and the entire cast from the Broadway musical PIPPIN. Continue reading
The Coldplay hit Viva la Vida is loosely translated as “Long Live Life” but lead-singer Chris Martin creates a unique connection to his audience with a series of rhythmic “reaching out” gestures. Continue reading
Tom Mucciolo is interviewed by Mark Ragan, CEO of Ragan Communications on Ragan TV. This is part of a series (see the “Interviews” category). This clip features a discussion of effective gestures when speaking. Continue reading
The templates you find in most graphic software programs offer a variety of graphic elements, geometric shapes, and other interesting components to carry a design theme throughout the presentation.
When you work with templates, check to see if the design is generic or specific. Continue reading
This category features comments about your best or worst presentation experiences — or someone else’s!
This category features comments about creating a consistent message, also known as the the script or storyboard for your presentation.
This category features comments related to the visual design elements used to support the presentation.
This category features comments related to the delivery skills used to perform the content.
Interested in developing your delivery skills? Tom Mucciolo demonstrates a number of techniques in several different videos. The clips are waiting to be viewed on our video clips page.