Abbott, Keith

accountability

acknowledging negatives, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

action, encouraging

ad-libbing, 2^nd, 3^rd

affirmations

after dinner speeches, 2^nd

age profile, audience

aims

alternatives to presentations, 2^nd

anaphora

apologising, 2^nd, 3^rd

Apple Macs

Aristotle, 2^nd

audience involvement

activities, 2^nd

discussions, 2^nd, 3^rd

Post-it notes

questions from audience, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

questions to audience, 2^nd

quizzes

rhetorical questions

audiences

connecting with, 2^nd, 3^rd

difficult people, 2^nd, 3^rd

engaging at start, 2^nd, 3^rd

expertise of, 2^nd

focusing on during presentation

motivation of, 2^nd

profiling, 2^nd

understanding needs of

see also audience involvement

Aung San Suu Kyi

authenticity, 2^nd, 3^rd

autocues

beginnings

authenticity

avoid apologies

being introduced

dos and don’ts summary

INTRO mnemonic

signposting

so what? (asking yourself)

why, what, how, where and when

Blair, Tony

blanking the screen

body language, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

boring subjects, 2^nd

breathing, 2^nd, 3^rd

bullet points

‘but,’ benefits of using

Buzan, Tony

calls to action

camera, presenting to

‘cats and dogs’ styles

challenging behaviour, 2^nd, 3^rd

change, 2^nd

Churchill, Winston, 2^nd, 3^rd

Cialdini, Robert, 2^nd

Clinton, Bill

closing, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

cloud storage

computers, 2^nd

concepts, presenting

conciseness

conference calls, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

confidence, 2^nd

congruence, 2^nd, 3^rd

content, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th see also beginnings; endings; structure

copyright

Covey, Stephen

credibility (ethos), 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

crib cards

Cuddy, Amy

data presentation, 2^nd

de Bono, Edward

Dickens, Charles

difficult people, managing, 2^nd, 3^rd

discussions, 2^nd, 3^rd

Dolan, Paul

dress codes

Dytham, Mark

elephant in room

emotions, 2^nd, 3^rd see also empathy

empathy (pathos), 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

endings, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

energy of speaker, 2^nd, 3^rd

entertaining speeches

epiphora

ethos (credibility), 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

evaluation questionnaires

Evans, Warren

FAB (features, advantages, benefits)

facial expressions

facilitation versus presentation

feedback

figures (data), 2^nd

filler words

5 minute presentations

flip charts

freezing the screen

gestures, 2^nd

Grant, Adam

graphics, 2^nd

Grinder, Michael

hand-outs

hecklers

Hotowka, John

humour, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Hyner, David

‘I’ versus ‘we’, 2^nd

ideas, presenting

influencing, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

inspirational presentations, 2^nd

interruptions, 2^nd

introduction by a host

INTROs

invitation versus telling

Jobs, Steve, 2^nd

jokes, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

key point(s), 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

keyboard shortcuts

King, Martin Luther

Klein, Astrid

Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth

laptops, 2^nd

laser pointers

laughter, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

leaving the room

lecterns

less is more, 2^nd

Lincoln, Abraham

logos, 2^nd, 3^rd

mannerisms

meetings, presenting at

Mehrabian, Albert

memory sticks

memory techniques

mentors, working with

metaphors, 2^nd

microphones, 2^nd, 3^rd

middle manager’s dilemma

mind maps, 2^nd

mistakes, handling, 2^nd

motivating the audience, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

motivation of speaker

nemawashi, 2^nd

nerves, 2^nd

new projects, presenting

nit-pickers

Obama, Barack

objections see acknowledging negatives

objectives

online presentations, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

openings see beginnings

opportunities for presenting

Orwell, George

Pankhurst, Emmeline

Parkin, Margaret

pathos (empathy), 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

pauses, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

PechaKucha

persuading, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Pirates of the Caribbean

positive thinking, 2^nd

Post-it method of structuring

Post-it notes, 2^nd

posture, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

PowerPoint, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

practising, 2^nd

preparation time, lack of

Prezi

priming the audience

projectors, 2^nd

projects, presenting new

props see visual aids

purpose

questionnaires

evaluation (post-presentation)

self-assessment, 2^nd, 3^rd

questions

from audience, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

to audience, 2^nd

rhetorical

quizzes

rate of speaking, 2^nd, 3^rd

recording yourself, 2^nd

rehearsing, 2^nd

remote presentation see conference calls

repetition, power of, 2^nd

rhetorical questions

Robinson, Sir Ken

role models

screen control, 2^nd

scripts, reading, 2^nd

self-assessment, 2^nd, 3^rd

self-deprecation

self-talk, 2^nd

selling, 2^nd

Shakespeare, William

short presentations

signposting, 2^nd

skills, presenting

slides, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

speaking, 2^nd, 3^rd

Spencer, Charles, 9th Earl

spider diagrams, 2^nd

Stevenson, Doug

Stinziano, Joe

stories, 2^nd, 3^rd

structure

‘I’ versus ‘we’, 2^nd

mind maps (spider diagrams), 2^nd

Post-It method

repetition, 2^nd

signposting, 2^nd

threes

team briefs

technology issues, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

telling, 2^nd

‘thank you,’ don’t end with

three, power of

time issues

preparation

presentation, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Tufte, Edward

types of presentation

ums and errs

universal experiences, 2^nd

visual aids, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th see also data presentation; slides

visualisation

voice, 2^nd, 3^rd

vulnerability

water to sip

Watson, Emma, 2^nd

‘we’ versus ‘I’, 2^nd

webinars, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

WIIFM (What’s In It For Me?)

words, filler