Practice Makes Progress
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James Walton
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
The Biggest Threat to Your Presentation and How to Overcome It
The biggest threat to your presentation is being forgettable. All the work you've done to define what you want your audience to know and...
James Walton
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
Stage Presence: What it Is, How to Achieve It
*For access to earlier posts in this Effective Presenter series, click here. What it Is Stage Presence is the ability of the presenter...
James Walton
- Jun 16, 2020
- 2 min
How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking
*For access to earlier posts in this Effective Presenter series, click here. If we are to believe Jerry Seinfeld's quip that the average...
James Walton
- Jun 12, 2020
- 3 min
The Crucial Habit All Great Presenters Share
The crucial habit great speakers share in common is preparation. Up to this point in your presentation journey, you've asked the two...
James Walton
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
The First Step to Speaking with Impact
The first step to speaking with impact is writing your way to clarity first. In other words, if you wing it, it will suck. The attention...
James Walton
- Jun 9, 2020
- 2 min
What You Need to Master to Become an Excellent Presenter
There are two things you need to master to become an excellent presenter: 1) Your material 2) Your audience Master Your Material...
James Walton
- Jun 2, 2020
- 1 min
2 Questions to Instantly Improve Your Next Presentation
1) What do I want them to know? 2) What do I want them to do? Many presentations suffer from fuzziness - that soft-around-the-edges...
James Walton
- Dec 18, 2019
- 1 min
When Rejected, Ask Why
Rejection sucks. But not getting the feedback you need to improve is worse. Having a sales proposal turned down is painful for two...
James Walton
- Nov 8, 2019
- 1 min
How to Fix a Bad PowerPoint Deck
We've all been there. The presenter is reading from 10pt text on a PowerPoint slide, back to the audience. All the attention in the room...
James Walton
- Nov 6, 2019
- 3 min
Three Principles to Radically Improve Your Public Speaking
Public speaking is the single most effective way to communicate your idea because the human brain is wired to respond to story and...