How To Be An Emcee

There are 12 things I have learned over the years as an emcee at hundreds of pageants, fairs, award ceremonies of every description, the annual International Retailer of the Year Awards in Chicago, and the Positive Thinking Rallies. Follow these 12 rules and you'll be a successful emcee, too.

Presentation Preparation for the Unexpected -- Murphy's Law Catches Up With All of Us

No matter how much preparation we’ve put into our presentation, no matter how carefully we’ve paid attention to the details, and no matter how confidently we walk onto the stage or podium, Murphy’s Law will catch up with us and create an unexpected event or experience when we are presenting. How should we handle this without letting it turn into a disaster?

Introducing New Ideas or Innovations

New ideas or inventions are usually met with resistance. There are several approaches to overcome this difficulty. If these approaches do not work, one's own resourcefulness may produce much better results.

Color Theory Applied to Presentations

Everyone knows that color can make a presentation more interesting and stimulating to look at. It can also convey information, as in the differently colored slices of a pie chart.

Building an Overhead Projector Survival Kit

Your all ready for that important presentation your about to make with your client that you have spent hours preparing for. Do you have your Overhead Projector Survival Kit ready?

Why Does My Overhead Projector Keep Blowing Lamps?

You have replaced several projector lamps yet everytime you turn the Overhead Projector the lamp burns out immediately. It may be more serious than just a defective lamp.

My Overhead Projector has No Power

You turn your Overhead Projector on and there is no power, it's completely dead. It worked the last time you used it, now for some reason it does nothing. What could be the problem?

Presentation Skills - The First to Know

To fully understand the rules that govern just how much information you can include in your presentation slides, you need to appreciate a fundamental of human nature – namely, that we have an innate desire to be The First to Know.

Projection Lamps and Premature Burnout

Premature burnout is costing you hundreds of dollars a year, do you know why? We do and we would like to help you prevent premature burnout with these helpful hints.

Effective Oral Presentation Skills

There is a myth that great speakers are born, not made. This is based on the misconception that somehow certain individuals have the innate ability to stand in front of an audience with no anxiety and give a moving, dynamic speech.

Find the Perfect Facility for Your Business Meetings and Conferences

Whether you need to hold a meeting with half a dozen business associates or a conference for over a hundred attendees, there are definite advantages to hiring a facility specializing in corporate functions.

Six Steps to a Better Presentation

I have a pet peeve that I didn’t know I had until recently. Having been in education for along time, I’ve sat through my share of presentations. Most of the presentations have been on the positive side of tolerable, but there have been a few that left me with nothing more than a sense of relief when it was over. As I’ve considered the situations, I’ve discovered some characteristics that are common to good presentations. So, regardless of the setting—business, school, church, social organization, and so forth—here are some things to keep in mind next time you have to speak to a group of any size.

3 Worst Mistakes People Make in a Presentation

Truly memorable disasters don’t just happen. They require a special blend of misunderstanding and misguided effort. Here are three ways to guarantee a disaster in your next presentation, and how to avoid them.

Brain Storming with MindMapper

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