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The lost art of the Presentation Outline

When preparing for important communication, most people miss the crucial step. They start thinking about what their speech, document or PowerPoint slides should look like and try to sort their thoughts from there. But the most valuable thing you can do to prepare is create an outline. A speech outline… A report outline… A presentation More…

Steve Jobs: Chunk Structure helps engage Stanford audience

What is the value of speech structure? On June 12, 2005, Steve Jobs spoke to 23,000 people at the Stanford University stadium. He received a standing ovation, but what made this event famous is that millions of people watched the speech on YouTube. The speech was later published in full in Fortune magazine. You can More…

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Conversational clarity: a flexible way of selling

One-way sales methods don’t work well. Gone are the days when a salesperson would force the prospect down a rigid, one-way path. People want to make the buying decision in their own way – and we all have different buying patterns. There is no one way! Today, a salesperson needs to be flexible because the More…