Why This Is The Best Thing That You’ve Ever Done
Image: Gabriele Barni (Flickr) It’s all very well to sell a dream but emotional decisions can lead to buyers regret. So Steve didn’t just sell the dream of a cool awesome product he made sure that...
View ArticleMake It Memorable: Use a Tagline
image: James Mitchell (Flickr) Whenever Steve Jobs talked about a product he had a tagline: For the iMac Air, it was “the thinnest laptop ever” For the iPod, it was “your entire music collection in...
View ArticleShow Your Passion To Engage Your Audience
Making it all about the audience is our first really powerful step towards emulating the Steve Jobs style of speaking. The next step is passion. From every moment Steve is on stage what we get from him...
View ArticleUse Theatre and Magic to Captivate Your Audience
When Steve Jobs stood up to talk, he didn’t give a presentation, he gave a performance. This is clear from the amount of practice he put in, the careful choice of words and because he always added a...
View ArticleWhat Would Steve Do?
The main message that I want to convey to you with this series of posts is that anyone can speak like Steve Jobs. to show you his tips and tricks so that the next time you sit down to write and deliver...
View ArticleThe Text May Be A Bit Too Small to Read
One very important question to ask when designing presentation slides is: “Will the audience be able to read your text?” It seems like an obvious question but it’s clear from many presentations that...
View ArticlePreparing For Q&A Sessions
Image: Kris Krug/PopTech(flickr) Allowing your audience to ask questions can be quite daunting for most presenters because you never know what you’re going to be asked. The best way to reduce the...
View ArticleThree Great Ways to Structure Your Presentation
Image: Vancouver Film School (Flickr) 1. Say What You’re Going to Say There are many ways to structure a presentation, a very popular method is the one summed up by Dale Carnegie as: say what you’re...
View ArticlePresentation Q&A: How Can I Stop People Tweeting During My Presentations?
Image: Maryland GovPics (Flickr) It’s easy. Be interesting. Be so interesting that people forget that Twitter even exists. Great speakers do it every time they speak. And the secret? Connection. They...
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