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March 22, 2018
Performance Anxiety No More: How to Stop Stuttering When You Present
Recently we received a tweet from a follower of @Duarte requesting advice to help a stuttering presenter. “The presenter is competent with the material,” the message said, “but gets nervous and begins to stutter on stage.” As a speech-language pathologist, I immediately began thinking of stuttering from a clinical perspective. I had flashbacks of a [...] continue reading
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March 15, 2018
Welcome Duarte’s New CEO, Joe Terry!
Last year, I hired a leadership coach to help me learn to be a stronger leader, to strengthen how I drive consensus, help me with composure, and help me reinvent into a more glorious Nancy 2.0 Executive. How’d that go? I hired someone to replace me, and I’m SO thrilled. I’ve always hired people smarter [...] continue reading
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March 14, 2018
7 Tips From SXSW That Will Make You a Better Presenter
It’s that time of the year again: South by Southwest (SXSW). We here in the Silicon Valley can always tell when this annual event rolls around, because the Valley just seems a little less crowded. SXSW is one of the largest professional gatherings in the world, with 421,900 attendees in 2017. So if you’re an [...] continue reading
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March 8, 2018
Podcast: Using Storytelling Structure To Create Motivating Presentations
Our CEO and Chief Presentation Guru, Nancy Duarte, was recently interviewed on The Narrative: A Podcast About Building Business Stories by Prezi. In the podcast episode, “Using Storytelling Structure To Create Motivating Presentations,” Nancy discusses how our culture is searching for meaning and how stories are our way of trying to find it. Nancy talks about [...] continue reading
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March 6, 2018
To Become A Powerful Public Speaker Master These Qualities
Once you have a compelling story and breathtaking visual design, presentation preparation eventually comes down to one final thing: you. You stepping up, taking the stage, and communicating with your audience. But before anyone can become a powerful public speaker, there are several qualities they must master. Picture in your mind the most powerful public [...] continue reading
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February 28, 2018
4 Principles To Live By When You Design Presentations
Today, more than ever, presentations hold the world’s most critical messages. Whether you’re presenting a groundbreaking technology, a new business idea, or raising awareness of a social issue, if the design isn’t carefully thought through, your message could get lost. To make sure that your message resonates with listeners, follow these four basic presentation design [...] continue reading
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February 21, 2018
How to Move Your Presentation Audience With This Powerful Story Technique
You can probably recall the last story you heard, but you likely don’t remember the last presentation you sat through. A big part of this is because you physically react to story: your heart races, your eyes dilate, you get a chill down your spine, you laugh, you clap, you lean forward, you jump back. [...] continue reading
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February 15, 2018
16 Rhetorical Devices That Will Make You Sound Like Steve Jobs
Ask anyone who the best contemporary speakers are, and there’s a pretty good chance they’ll rank Steve Jobs in the top five. The late, great mind behind Apple didn’t just dream up a company that changed the way humans interact. He was also a visionary and an unparalleled communicator. He knew exactly how to deliver [...] continue reading
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January 18, 2018
Presentation Industry Trends to Watch in 2018
Confucius once said: study the past if you would define the future.
So, before everyone headed out on holiday vacations, we asked a few Duartians to tell us what they saw in the presentation industry during 2017, so that we all could better understand what 2018 holds. From an inclusion of more personal stories, to leveraging art installations, to utilizing VR and AR to create more immersive experiences, 2018 is sure to be a year filled with compelling and persuasive presentations…
Data alone will not be enough. All roles will require understanding data and how to communicate the data in a way people will act on the findings. In 2018 people will realize the necessity of communicating data clearly and effectively through a combination of data and story. – Nancy Duarte, Chief Executive Officer
Non-traditional presentations are taking off, leveraging more installation art vs. projection. Digital arrays and projection mapping onto stunning 3D objects is attracting a ton of attention. – Dan Durller, Senior Art Director
One of the emerging trends we’re seeing in presentations has to do with using VR and AR to create immersive experiences for the audience. Beyond some of the amazing projection-mapping and room-scale projection that we’re seeing on-stage, some companies are starting to explore creating apps that are built around the event theme or the main stage presentations. – Steve Wishman, Art Director
We’re seeing more high-profile leaders use stories as a framing device to explain their strategies and win support for big initiatives. Whether your audience consists of your customers, readers, team members, or a group of strangers, leaders will learn they must narrate the audience journey with clarity, conviction, and most of all empathy in order to create reliable and profound connections and ignite a desired action. – Patti Sanchez, Chief Strategy Officer
As the workforce becomes more distributed, and time is more scarce, communication is critical at every level – intern to manager to executive. Arming every team member with the skills necessary to communicate your message is no longer a choice, but a necessity. Those that master effective communications, both internally and externally, will outperform competition. – Deborah Eastman, Chief Client Officer
When we do our workshops, one of the biggest things we see is people realizing what they call presentations shouldn’t really be presentations at all; they’re more like discussions using a Slidedoc. So, no more standing in front of the room with a clicker. Instead they should just prepare a movie trailer-length content summary, followed by discussing a printed version of the slides. – Mike Pacchione, Senior Corporate Trainer
The bar is getting higher for presentations across the board. On the higher-end, events are becoming more interactive and awe-inspiring and are thus more likely to be given a larger budget. At the same time, the average professional is giving more visual and story-driven presentations to their own peers. We have so many inconsequential digital interactions that people and brands are really taking advantage of in-person interactions to connect viscerally and create memories.– Catrinel Bartolomeu, Head of Editorial
There’s now a greater tendency for speakers to challenge themselves by incorporating personal stories—not just a stronger narrative flow, but actual stories—into their speeches and presentations. These stories are used to build the speaker’s case, communicate product users’ journeys, and help build empathy in audiences. It’s not easy to tell a story—and deliver it well—but the speakers who step out and challenge themselves to bring emotion into otherwise logic-filled talks will be rewarded with audience appreciation and buy-in. – Jeff Davenport, Speaker Coach and Content Developer
Great presentations stand firmly at the intersection of data and cinema. One without the other will either be dull or feel hollow. In 2018, the speakers that not only embrace that space but innovate on the way the two elements interplay, will be our next great persuaders. – Ryan Orcutt, Associate Creative Director
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8 Presentation Industry Trends To Watch In 2018
Confucius once said: study the past if you would define the future. So, before everyone headed out on holiday vacations, we asked a few Duartians to tell us what they saw in the presentation industry during 2017, so that we all could better understand what 2018 holds. From an inclusion of more personal stories, to [...] continue reading
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