Presentation Course

If you want to improve public speaking, sometimes it is useful to discuss what not to do. It is now important to discuss some common examples of poor opening. Speakers often tell a story or a joke that has nothing to do with the presentation topic. This is a definite no-no. Amateurs always seem to [...]

The opening is the hook of your presentation. It is what draws in the audience. It is absolutely crucial that you nail this part of your presentation. You want to spend the majority of your time writing and rehearsing the opening and the conclusion. The reason is that after a few days, the only parts [...]

Inspirational presentations are all around you. The CEO of a company may deliver an inspirational presentation to motivate her sales staff. A preacher may deliver a religious sermon to motivate the congregation to increase their charitable giving. A politician may try to rally the constituents around a specific cause. An inspirational presentation often involves personal [...]

Before I get into how to choose an informative speech topic, I’m going to briefly discuss what an informative speech should accomplish. Firstly, informative speeches are used to teach the audience a new subject or skill. Lectures and demonstrations are examples of informative speeches. Most business presentations would be classified as informative speech topics. The [...]

An entertaining presentation is used for the enjoyment of the audience. Commonly, people equate entertaining presentations with humorous presentations. However, any presentation with interesting anecdotes or personal heartfelt stories can be entertaining without being humorous. Entertaining presentations should not cross into the other three genres. If the organizer of an event has asked you to [...]

If you are searching for public speaking ideas you should first choose a presentation genre. As with movies, there are drastically different types of speeches. There are four main categories of presentations. Many speeches will cross into two or more genres. For example, a sales presentation about the benefits of mutual funds may be informative [...]

How do you choose a topic for a persuasive speech? First of all, the root of a good speech topic is the passion that you bring to the table. When writing on a persuasive speech topic, one should remember that more often than not, your listeners will not particularly care about your viewpoint. It is [...]

In this lesson, I’ll outline how I would write a sample persuasive speech. First, you can watch a sample persuasive by career analyst Dan Pink who examined what motivates employees. Here are the steps to develop a sample persuasive speech like Mr. Pink. As with any presentation, you must first grab the audience’s attention. For [...]

Almost every influential person in society can speak persuasively. These leaders have the ability to get other people to act on their ideas. Lawyers, politicians, salespeople are all trained in the power of persuasion. The purpose of a persuasive presentation is to impact the thought or action of the audience. You either will be trying [...]

The Active Voice Always remember to use the active voice rather than the passive voice. In the active voice the subject does something, whereas in the passive voice something is done to the subject. The active voice will force you to deliver the sentence with more emotion. As we’ve already learned the core of a [...]