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There ARE no Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

Stanley K. RidgleyFor some reason known only to the deities of publishing, Apple’s late former CEO Steve Jobs was considered a great business presenter, and a best-selling book even says so:  The...

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Become a Powerful Business Presenter . . . No Excuses

Stanley K. RidgleyWith regard to presentations, I deal with two large groups of people, and none of these people seems truly to want to become an especially powerful business presenter. For sake of...

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Positive Presentation Attitude . . . Be Careful with Candor

Stanley K. RidgleyYour positive presentation attitude is one of the most neglected aspects of your business presentation. For any presentation, really. Maintain a positive presentation attitude,...

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Bad Business Presentation?

Stanley K. RidgleyIs there some law, somewhere, that dictates that the bad business presentation must reign in corporate America? . . . or in the business school classroom? Is there a Law of Bad? Given...

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Public Speaking Passion for Power and Impact

Stanley K. RidgleyIf you don’t enjoy what you do every day, you’re doing the wrong thing . . . and if you don’t have public speaking passion, you probably ought to reconsider. You’re in the wrong line...

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Malcolm X was a Great Presenter

Stanley K. RidgleyLike snapping a towel to skin, you want to sting your audience in a good way.  Malcolm X was a great presenter, and he used this technique better than most. He could snap his audience...

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“What’s the job market like?” That’s the Wrong Question

Stanley K. RidgleyAsking “What’s the job market like?” is the wrong question. Let’s say you get an answer. What, exactly, will you do with the answer?  Hmm? What? It’s reminiscent of the young man who...

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Audience Engagement – Don’t Just Talk at Folks

Stanley K. RidgleyDo you face a listless, distracted audience? Are your “listeners” checking iPhones every few seconds? Texting? Chatting in side conversations? Do they sit with glazed, far-away looks...

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Presentation Pow!

Stanley K. RidgleyMost students don’t know how to begin a presentation. That’s not profound, you say?  You may, in fact, believe that it’s outright false. Of course you know how to begin a...

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Business Presentation Passion

Stanley K. RidgleyIn our battle to fight through the white noise of life to communicate with others, we often ignore the most powerful of weapons at our disposal – Business Presentation Passion....

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Great Student Evaluations — The Secret

Stanley K. RidgleyCould there be a university faculty lobby in this country in favor of dull, listless, unenthusiastic classroom teaching? Apparently so, and it has vocal adherents. Consider, for...

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Secret #5 – Remedy the Boring Presentation

Stanley K. RidgleyWe’re all familiar with the droning voice of the numbing speaker who rarely varies pitch, tone, or pace of a talk and who quickly loses us in monotony – and delivers the Boring...

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Secret #7 – Presentation Passion

Stanley K. RidgleyDo you have presentation passion? Do you invest your topic with energy and elan, regardless of whether it’s shampoo or sugar or ship-building? What is it that fills you with the...

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Aristotle, King, Jobs and Persuasive Presentation

Stanley K. Ridgley Aristotle . . . Martin Luther King . . . Steve Jobs . . . These three quite different men shared a respect for the power of the spoken word. The power to deliver the persuasive...

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Presentation Greatness: Find Yours

Stanley K. Ridgley Nike developed a well-known ad campaign with the theme: “Find Your Presentation Greatness.” Well, it really didn’t refer to business presentations, but it well could have, without...

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No Business Scrooge this Christmas!

Stanley K. Ridgley When asked if the university stifles writers, Flannery O’Conner quipped that the university unfortunately doesn’t stifle enough of them. Indeed. My naturally autocratic tendencies,...

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Audience Engagement – Don’t Just Talk at Folks

Do you face a listless, distracted audience? Are your “listeners” checking iPhones every few seconds? Texting? Chatting in side conversations? Do they sit with glazed, far-away looks while you deliver...

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Presentation Pow!

Most students don’t know how to begin a presentation. That’s not profound, you say?  You may, in fact, believe that it’s outright false. Of course you know how to begin a presentation, right? What kind...

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Business Presentation Passion

In our battle to fight through the white noise of life to communicate with others, we often ignore the most powerful of weapons at our disposal – Business Presentation Passion. Passion, Emotion, Brio,...

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Great Student Evaluations — The Secret

Could there be a university faculty lobby in this country in favor of dull, listless, unenthusiastic classroom teaching? Apparently so, and it has vocal adherents. Consider, for instance, this article...

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