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Daniel Pennington
United States
Приєднався 25 січ 2009
Presentation Improvement
Why is public speaking so tough? Why do you get nervous and find yourself lost and sweating when you get on stage? The answer is really preparation. Most people think of presenting as the part where you stand up in front of an audience. The reality is a great presentation starts much earlier. Great presenters research, write, edit, and prepare extensively before they ever step up on stage. When done properly your 'stage time' is focused on your audience and not your content. This channel is devoted to getting you ready before you ever get up in front of people.
Why is public speaking so tough? Why do you get nervous and find yourself lost and sweating when you get on stage? The answer is really preparation. Most people think of presenting as the part where you stand up in front of an audience. The reality is a great presentation starts much earlier. Great presenters research, write, edit, and prepare extensively before they ever step up on stage. When done properly your 'stage time' is focused on your audience and not your content. This channel is devoted to getting you ready before you ever get up in front of people.
Відео
One Remarkable Person
Переглядів 921 день тому
One remarkable team leader If you want to start a conversation just ask people if they’ve ever had a ‘bad boss.” The reality is we all have: yelling, screaming, micromanaging, belittling, and abusing. The second part of that conversation might be, “Have you ever had a COWORKER who was so terrible you quit?” Negative, petty, angry all the time for no reason. Also… screaming and yelling and being...
Gallup Q12 Best Friend at Work
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How can we as leaders get and keep our teams engaged? Engaged employees are happier and more productive than disengaged workers. They get more done in less time, they are more likely to innovate and share ideas, and they have fun while working. So…This data may surprise you. Gallup has a massive study where they looked at employees at 183,000 companies, more than 3.3 million employees across 50...
No one wants to work anymore!
Переглядів 271Місяць тому
No one wants to work anymore. Right? We hear it on the radio, in online discussion groups, and around the dinner table. What happened to ‘this generation?” One, there are 83 million Americans who fit into the category of “Millennials.” Nothing we say about “Millennials” applies to all of them, or even a large portion of them. Millennials are as diverse as any other generation. I am a boomer and...
Guess what? Your shiny new employees are already thinking about quitting
Переглядів 9Місяць тому
Almost 40% of employees who’ve been with a company for less than six months are already planning to quit, according to a new research report. Why? An overwhelming number of new hires say the job is not what they expected it to be. In the past many companies followed up a new hire with a meeting at the thirty, sixty, and ninety-day intervals where they asked, “How does this job compare to what y...
Social Media Flexible Work
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What Do Job Seekers Really Want? All of the stress we’ve put on ourselves about ‘remote work’ may be actually misplaced. A recent study suggest what workers want isn’t to sit at their kitchen table and work. They want flexibility. It turns out a job listing that uses the word ‘flexible’ gets clicked on 94% of the time. Compare that to “remote” which only gets clicked on 80% of the time. People ...
Working with different generations in the workplace
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Leadership has always been hard, but today we have five generations in the same workplace and they all have different needs and expectations.
Feedback Conversation, not Confrontation
Переглядів 9Місяць тому
Why Continuous Feedback is Key to Great Team Management Keeping feedback flowing is key for any effective team. It creates a space where everyone can grow, stay engaged, and be more productive. Unlike those once-a-year performance reviews, regular feedback gives real-time insights, allowing for quick tweaks and improvements. Studies show that regular feedback boosts employee performance and job...
Avoid Tech Problems
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Handling Tech Problems in Presentations The technology we use for presentations is excellent-until it isn’t. The PowerPoint won't load, the video has no sound, and the promised Wi-Fi isn’t working. Tech issues derail more presentations than anything else. What can we do? Here are my recommendations: Minimize Dependence on Technology: Only use tech if it's absolutely necessary. For example, is t...
Inspire ourselves before we try to inspire our teams
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Inspire others by first inspiring ourselves To inspire others, we must first be motivated and inspired ourselves. It has been said that we can never take others further than we’ve already taken ourselves. Most companies, organizations, and teams are mirror images of the leader. Our team, it turns out, is a reflection and amplification of…us. If we show up…fired up…and ready to tackle complex pr...
We all get too much information and not enough inspiration
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We all have too much information…and no one has enough inspiration “We all have too much information…and none of us get enough inspiration.” Research tells us the average person is consuming around 74GB of data per day, which is equivalent to the amount of data an extremely educated individual would process in a lifetime 500 years ago. We are drowning in information…but inspiration is hard to b...
The Power of the Pause
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Do you know someone like this? They get nervous Or excited And suddenly they’re speaking at a mile a minute Wow! The problem is No one can follow what they’re talking about It’s a solid wall of sound. Our audience needs us to pause To take a breath A pause give power to our words It helps people to understand And it gives the audience a chance to reflect on our ideas A pause can….underline…a si...
Can We Connect with Leadership?
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Picture this, A brilliant woman Delivering her remarks to the executive board She has plenty to be proud of Her team has excelled in all of the important tasks But she doesn’t share that She has a lengthy page of notes An extensive PowerPoint She never looks at the executives in the room She sorts her papers Finds bits of data in a few places And gets lost in the PowerPoint slide deck… And when...
Powerpoint tips
Переглядів 62 місяці тому
We can't let PowerPoint drive our presentations. PowerPoint is a tool that sometimes help with understanding, but too often we make it the main thing.