The best advice is to prepare for any situation that might go wrong. Always have at least one backup of your presentation; ...

Unlike a briefing you may have given in the military -- the goal of which may have been simply facts and brevity -- giving a ...

Whether you’re a business owner, employee or leader, presentations are a useful tool to relay a powerful message to your desired audience. Presentations are unavoidable in business, so it’s important ...

Steve Jobs speaking at a press conference for Apple’s iPhone 4. Getty “There’s something in the air.” With these five words, Steve Jobs opened the 2008 Macworld conference. Jobs is often cited as one ...

I recently met the head of sales for a publicly traded company who manages thousands of employees and had reached the top of his field. He wanted to know how to improve his public speaking skills.

I've heard a ton of people give advice about presentations, and most of it, in my humble opinion, is bad advice. Tips such as "gesture with your hands" are not bad tips, per se, but they aren't geared ...

A public speaking class changed the course of my life. As a business major, I was required to take public speaking, and that was the only reason I enrolled in the class. I believed talented speakers ...

A great presentation is like a gourmet meal. It requires quality ingredients, lots of planning, and careful preparation. But if you’ve never made Boeuf Bourguignon or whipped up a fluffy soufflé, ...

There are few experiences more demoralizing than looking out at your audience during a presentation and seeing one of your coworkers out cold. Okay, so he was probably just tired. But a great ...