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October 2010 / 5 posts found

Presentation Skills – Closings

Here is a great article from one of my mentors, Tom Antion: “Closings” One of the worst mistakes you can make as a presenter is talking too long. Not only will you send some folks to never, never land, you will make some of them downright mad. It doesn’t matter if your entire talk was brilliant and the audience came away with information that will change their lives. If you talk too long, they will leave saying, “That speaker just wouldn’t quit.” Don’t let this happen to you! Say what you have to say and sit down. Before you do, […]

Public Speaking Commentary

When is it a career and not a hobby? According to Anthony Robbins:  “One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.”  I was quite successful at selling and renting post production equipment. I was known as the “Million Dollar Man” because I would generate sale that were north of the million dollar mark. My company liked me. My boss liked me. And I was having a good run. Then I was […]