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2 Minute Talk Tips

Episode 039 -- Skip the Gimmicks and Repeat Yourself

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Episode 038 -- Watch for Keystone and Read Resonate

  2-Minute Tip: Watch for Keystone   No matter how pretty your slides, they won't look good if...

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Episode 037 -- Be Thankful and Structure Your Talk

2-Minute Tip: Be Thankful   As we begin Thanksgiving week here in the US, it's a good time to...

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Episode 036 -- Let it Go and Road Trip!

2-Minute Tip: Let it Go   When things start to go wrong, our instinct is often to panic and make...

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Episode 035 -- Let the Audience React and Ancient Rhetoric Today

  2-Minute Tip: Let the Audience Respond   When you tell a joke, make a humorous aside, show an...

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Episode 034 -- Don't Trust the Internet and Learn from Ghost Stories

  2-Minute Tip: Don't Trust the Internet   There are many times it seems like a good idea to...

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Episode 033 -- Dim the Lights and Read The Seven Strategies of Master Presenters

    2-Minute Tip:  Dim the Lights   The data projector/projector screen combo has been a...

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Episode 032 -- Use Silence and 10 Parties to Think About

  2-Minute Tip: Use Silence   Everything we do as speakers communicates something to the...

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Episode 031 -- Prep 5 Questions and a Pair of Fives

  2-Minute Tip: Prepare 5 Questions   We all want an engaged audience. Sometimes that doesn't...

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Episode 030 -- Say Thanks and Building a Talk

  2 Minute Tip: Say Thanks   When we conduct a successful presentation, audience members will...

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Episode 029: Use a Lavalier and Learn from Star Trek: Discovery

2 Minute Tip: How to Use a Lavalier   A lavalier, or "lav," is a small microphone a speaker will...

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Episode 028 -- Confirm Value and Avoid Offensive Language

2 Minute Tip: Confirm Value At the end of a presentation, I like to ask the audience, "Was this...

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Episode 027 -- Purge Stale Material and Introduce Yourself

    2 Minute Tip: Purge Stale Material   If you do a lot of public speaking, it's likely you...

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Episode 026 -- Bring Candy and Read Storytelling with Data

2 Minute Tip: Bring Candy   Fun-size candy bars, Hershey's Miniatures, Jolly Ranchers, and other...

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Episode 025 -- Sit up Straight and Tell a Story

  2 Minute Tip: Sit Up Straight   Generally it's best to stand while you speak. If you're...

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Episode 024 -- Take More Pictures and the Story of my Hiatus

  2 Minute Tip: Take More Pictures   Images are often better than text in PowerPoint Slides....

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Episode 023 -- Memorize Your Intro and Learn from Lincoln

  2 Minute Tip: Memorize Your Intro   Think back to a recent presentation you saw. Do you...

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Episode 022 -- Where Can We Learn More and Manage Audience Expectations

2 Minute Tip: Where Can We Learn More?   It's highly unlikely any of us as speakers will be in a...

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Episode 021 -- Call To Action and Prepare for Losing a Laptop

  2 Minute Tip: Use a Call To Action   If you've ever left a meeting and wondered, "What now?"...

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Episode 020 -- Practice without Slides and Deal with Writer's Block

  2 Minute Tip: Practice without Slides   No matter how much we plan, things go wrong at times....

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