Giving a business presentation can be daunting, whether you're an entry-level employee or a seasoned top executive. The way you start your presentation plays in integral role in whether you capture ...

A few years back, I conducted Palm training sessions for various business groups. I always opened with a joke -- a corny one, admittedly, but it always got a laugh and helped set the tone for the ...

Some years ago, Nalini Ambady, an experimental psychologist at Harvard University, was curious about the nonverbal aspects of good teaching. She wanted to get at least a minute of film on each teacher ...

First impressions matter, and this is certainly true when you give a presentation. To get off on the right foot, try posing an intellectual question to engage your audience and get them thinking. We ...

“Dying is easy,” the Shakespearean actor Edmund Gwenn said on his deathbed. “Comedy is hard.” Every business communicator who has tried—and failed—to lighten up a presentation by being funny knows ...

Over the past two decades, I’ve heard and reviewed hundreds of business presentations. Almost all of them open with an overview of the presenter’s company and its offerings. Unfortunately, such ...

Some studies say you've only got 15 seconds to grab an audience's attention, while others say it's closer to a minute. Either way, the clock is ticking. Here's how to make the best first impression ...

There are many PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts that you can use to work faster and more efficiently on the platform. You can use a long list of keyboard shortcuts for common tasks, along with PowerPoint ...