PowerPoint or other similar presentation tools are built for images and, as you’ve read, visual images are key to audience engagement, retention, and acceptance of information. Many presenters use a large image and then insert text to provide the key points that the image presents. Decide which approach makes sense for your particular slides, with…
Category: Communication Skills
How to Develop a Compelling Story in Your Presentation
With the wealth of information out there you need to help your audience make sense of all the information being presented so they can digest the information appropriately. For this, you need a narrative. A narrative means you’re telling them a story with a clear, simple and logical flow; you’re conveying to them an idea…
Enhance Your Presentation Skills with Body Language Tips
Indirect communications play an important role when presenting or delivering communications. This ranges from the way your body language is expressed and received by the audience in a physical presentation to your written tone in digital communications and graphics, to verbal tone in digital presentations. In many cases, these “queues” are expressed indirectly, but will…
The Importance of Clear Communication
What is Plain Language? “A communication is in plain language if its wording, structure, and design are so clear that the intended readers can easily find what they need, understand what they find, and use that information.” – International Plain Language Federation When a document is in plain language, we can easily read, understand and…
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