Advice from the experts
Harvard Extension School: Professional Development
10 Tips for improving your public speaking skills
3 Speeches to inspire your own public speaking
How to recognize and improve your default public speaking settings
Make your speech all about the audience
A simple way to introduce yourself
Anne Ricketts, Founder of Lighthouse Communications
How to start your presentation: 4-step formula for a killer intro
How to make clear and concise points
Seth Godin
Really bad PowerPoint (and how to avoid it)
Seth Godin on public speaking and performing during high-stakes situations [Steal The Show podcast]
Videos: YouTube
This collection of videos is recommended by the Management Department at TCNJ School of Business
Carl Kwan (owner of Kwan Multimedia):
- How to start a presentation with an attention-grabbing question or statement
- How to introduce the next speaker in a group presentation
- How to end a group presentation
- Find more videos from Carl Kwan at PresentationExpressions.com
Stanford Graduate School of Business:
- Delivering a successful team presentation
- Use body language to rock your next presentation
- Decoding deceptive body language
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Project I-DEA (Integrated Digital English Acceleration):
University of South Australia:
Resources from other business schools
University of Iowa | Tippie College of Business | Frank Business Communication Center
Make your presentation memorable. This series of 25 short videos (all available via YouTube) address a broad range of topics in three categories: Creating your pitch; designing your slides; and presenting yourself.
A related Tips and resources page offers 16 tip sheets (PDFs) for effective business writing and presentation skills. The presentation skills tips include topics such as effective presentation structure; using PowerPoint effectively; and overcoming performance anxiety.
Vanderbilt University | Center for Teaching
Making better PowerPoint presentations
Grand Valley State University
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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