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VoicePRO® Launches Persuasive PowerPoint® Presentation Skills Workshop
April 18, 2011 – Cleveland, OH – VoicePRO®, the nationally recognized communication training organization, has launched Persuasive PowerPoint® , a new two-day presentation skills workshop for advanced communicators that teaches participants to combine the intellectual, PowerPoint side of communication with the power of examples and stories to more effectively move an audience to action and results. […]
Seven Ways to Create a Persuasive PowerPoint
Your Point of Power Is NOT In PowerPoint! I often hear business people expressing the absolute need and expectation for PowerPoint in their presentations. That’s fine. Just remember that slides don’t make presentations. You do. The over-use of PowerPoint slides in recent years has greatly reduced the power of the presenter and the presentation. Are […]
10 Powerful Communication Skills to Improve Meeting Productivity & Become a Meeting Ninja
What if you could take 5½ hours of every team member’s work week and make it more productive – including yours? It’s a topic VoicePro clients mention time and time again. No wonder. 5.6 hours is the amount of time the average worker spends in meetings, according to one research study. And most respondents say […]
Where’s the Executive Leadership Development App?
You’ve got very smart people – successful experts in technology, engineering, science, finance or some other specialty. Now their success has earned them a management role, but they seem to be struggling. It’s not an uncommon situation. And why would it be? Management and leadership are skills that need to be learned and honed like […]
7 communication skills that will help you stop meeting hijacks
In a recent post on tips to make meetings more productive, one topic generated a lot of conversation here at VoicePro: how to manage disruptive people. One closed mind, one naysayer, one time hog can hijack your meeting – and your results. What can you do to rescue control and keep the process moving forward? […]
Worldwide – Executive Leadership development is a top priority
As the economy begins its recovery, we’ve seen some refocusing among VoicePro® clients on leadership development. According to research by Deloitte, the international consulting firm, the same trends are appearing on a global scale. Their research study with some 300 global executives shows leadership development coming up again and again. Let me share some key findings […]
Effective Public Speaking: Your Brain is Wired for Storytelling
I read a fascinating article in The New York Times by Robert Sapolsky, a Professor of Biology, Neurology and Neurosurgery at Stanford University. He’s written a number of books on how the human mind works and the relationship of the mind, body and behavior. As it turns out, our brains our wired for metaphor and […]
A powerful presentation skill that comes as naturally as breathing
It’s time for that presentation. Or the big sales call. Or a difficult conversation with a colleague. Are you feeling nervous? Thoughts fuzzy? Stressed out? So, many VoicePro® clients come to me asking for methods to help calm and center themselves. Here’s one that comes naturally to all of us: breathing. Yes, It’s simply breathing. You’ve read that advice in […]
8 powerful communication skills you can use to ask for what you want
You think you deserve a raise. You’d like to be on the team for that new business project. You need your supervisor’s support to work through a situation with a co-worker. So, what’s standing in the way of us getting what we want? More often than you think, the obstacle is simply that we don’t […]
PowerPoint with a point: the public speaking technique that works
PowerPoint, Godsend or work of the devil? It’s a question I get at VoicePro® about once a week. My answer? Like chocolate, video games and shopping, it can be either. Or both. It’s a matter of degree. If you enjoyed our little video on PowerPoint, you got a look at its dark side. So let’s talk […]
