Numbers present a special challenge for speakers. Especially after surviving the American education system, speakers may approach a speech as a paper out loud. That has a lot of problems, and one of the biggest can be the temptation to throw a bunch of statistics at people out loud that they would have trouble processing even if they could read them. Continue reading
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Three more misconceptions that sink presentations
A few days ago, I posted Three Misconceptions That Sink Presentations. We could go on and on, but right now, here are three more. Continue reading
Out loud is not for details
You really can only set about one solid idea every 10 minutes or so. That happens to also be about the length of time you can hold someone’s attention. I believe the two are closely related. Continue reading


