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As we all get more and more sick of those sickly photos of people with headsets on, pointing longingly into the distance – there is help at hand!
There are many new photo stock sites now, to replace the bad stock photos, where you can get free and premium photos for use on your slides or blogs and in my humble opinion Death To The Stock Photo is one of the best.
It’s an ethical business, a kind of hipster co-op where the photographers get a good share of the money and it’s only $15 a month for full access. A no brainer when you want something a little different.
An example of a great image from DeathtoStock…
As it’s library grows, it’ll be unstoppable, I’m sure.
Have a look now – http://deathtothestockphoto.com
Stock photos are a tricky one.
They can be great, they can be woeful…
I talk about them alot in my PowerPoint Surgery Q&A’s.
Here’s a nice article I found on Medium to help us all find some that don’t suck…
The list includes my current favourite Death to the Stock Photo
See below for a big list of free (but pls check!) images…
Plus 74 (!) more here c/o the nice people at http://Canva.com
There are three very big things that we are expected to do, without training:
Relationships, Parenting and Powerpoint.
I daren’t tackle the first two just yet, so I thought I’d tackle the third!
There are 300 million powerpoint users in the world and its estimated that there are a million presentations happening right now. But most of them are dull or even bad. It’s bizarre and it can hurt our career.
A phrase that strikes fear into my heart is when a speaker stands and says; “I haven’t had time to prepare so I’m just going to read from my slides”. This is usually followed by the speaker turning their back on the audience to commence their public reading exercise.
You may laugh but I have genuinely seen this. Have you?
There is a better way.
Firstly, don’t pass on the blame
The ingrained business philosophy of ‘slides are the presentation’ is a major problem that needs addressing.
My philosophy is simple – if our slides are bad, don’t blame the software, or our audience, it’s our fault. If a football team loses, we don’t blame FIFA (except for the lack of goal-line technology – don’t get me started), we blame the manager, we blame the team. If our train is late, we blame the train operator, not George Stephenson!
When I coach my business clients on slides they often say to me that their boss forces them to use ‘the company slides’, so not using the ‘standard corporate slide pack’ is seen as being rude or disrespectful to their boss. PowerPoint has waaaay too much power in the corporate world. It’s not on the board, it’s not a shareholder, we need to treat it as what it is – a piece of computer code that we can use for good, or for evil.
The software that we use, whether it’s Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote (my programme of choice), Prezi, Slideshark, Haiku Deck or the various other open source programs out there, the issue remains the same. All of these programs aren’t inherently bad, they are neutral, they are just tools for us to use.
So how do we make slides better?
Here are a few tips. Simple advice that can change your slides forever, IF you have the guts to implement them.
You are a designer
Whether you like it or not, as soon as you open your slide design programme you instantly become a designer. My designer mate Paul had a go at me a while back when I said to him “I’m not a designer Paul, I just love making good slides”. He made me realise that of course, we are all designers – it’s not a choice we have once we use presentation software. The penny dropped.
Don’t do the default
When you open up PowerPoint or Keynote you usually get a default template option.
When you see that option STOP right there, go no further!
Do not take the default option, which is usually a main title followed by bullet-points. Instead, open a blank slide in the colour of your choice, (see elsewhere in the book for more colour advice) add a picture if you are using them, and then if necessary a large text box.
You can often change the default option too in your software’s preferences or options.
Change it so you don’t fall into the default trap next time you are starting up PowerPoint.
It takes a lot of discipline to do this, but so do most things worth doing.
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Think billboard NOT document
This is where the rot sets in, people simply try to do too many things with their slides.
Fundamentally, slides are for the audience, not for us the speaker.
Although I admit it’s tempting, they should not be our crutch. Once we understand that they are for our audience, we design them in a bigger and bolder way. Feel free to make a word document to hand out after your talk if you like (although no-one ever reads those documents in my experience), but don’t make your slides in that way. Build them for the bored bloke in row 33.
Nancy Duarte helpfully compared slides to billboards in her book Slide:ology. Imagine you are passing your slides at 50mph on a major road. Could you read them as you drive past? If you can’t they are too complicated and wordy. It’s a simple but effective test for designers like us.
Design your slides and if appropriate write some handout notes. But, just to be absolutely clear they are two very separate things!
If you’re going to produce a presentation slide deck, then do just that – don’t be tempted to make it into a hand-out with a slightly larger font.
Bullets kill
Bullets don’t just kill people, they kill presentations too. The default template may try to force you to use bullets, but you’re a grown up now and as I mentioned – you can say no. Sometimes when I see speakers present a slide with bullet points you can almost feel the people in the room deflate, they may not groan out loud, but they are inside.
I’ve heard it said to limit the words on a slide to 33. I’d say 3-12! Any more than that then either rephrase, condense or add another slide. There are creative alternatives to bullet points, but be careful you don’t just design nicer ways to bore your audience. Be tough on bullet boredom and the causes of bullet boredom.
Use Images a lot, but remember – This isn’t the 90’s
Here’s how: ditch the clip art, sounds and cheesy stock pictures and go for big pictures that fill the screen.
Choose your pictures carefully, never choose the most popular photos on stock sites and make sure the image is big enough to fill the screen without getting grainy or pixelated. That makes a big difference. Remember your laptop screen is fairly small and a big screen will show up all the imperfections in the image, so buy or find decent size images but not too big so they get too unwieldy.
Use ‘random internet’ or ‘Googled’ images with caution, beware of copyright and quality. Most of us have phones with good cameras on these days so why not use your own photos and start building up your own library of images? Flickr creative commons is also a good option for images you can use with permission, see http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ . Stock image websites are big business and come in all shapes and sizes. I use Big Stock Photo as they are user-friendly and great value compared to many out there.
Follow the new rules here and speak with passion and I promise, you’ll present better every time.
As Oscar winning presentation guru Nancy Duarte says “never give a presentation that you wouldn’t want to sit through yourself.”
I like that.
This article is an excerpt from Lee’s book “PowerPoint Surgery: How to create presentation slides that make your message stick.” Available from Amazon or directly from Lee’s website www.leejackson.biz
Lee Jackson is a motivational speaker, powerpoint surgeon, presentation coach and the author of the 2013 book ‘Powerpoint Surgery’. He’s been speaking up front for more than twenty years in many challenging situations. As well as speaking himself, he loves helping other people to speak well too. He is a fellow of the Professional Speaking Association (PSA) and also the president of the PSA Yorkshire region. He supports the New York Knicks, is a former youth worker and was once an award winning DJ. You can get in touch with him here: via leejackson.biz or twitter @leejackson
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“Twenty years of enduring dull and unclear slide presentations has led West Yorkshire businessman Lee Jackson to write a book to help speakers brighten up their pitches… more at http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/business/11070343.Lee_Jackson_offers_top_tips_on_presentation/
The nice people at @HaikuDeck are featuring my slide deck of my book on their front page! http://www.haikudeck.com/gallery/featured
But what is Haiku Deck? In my opinion it’s Powerpoint or Keynote with the fat trimmed off to make us better speakers, as it develops this could be a game changer.
Here’s Adam their CEO explaining all on Huff Post…
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PowerPoint Surgery: How to create presentation slides that make your message stick by Lee Jackson
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Blurb:
Sometimes when things get really bad, surgery is required.
Bad Powerpoint* (and boring presentations) are everywhere! it appears that they have almost become the norm and very few people seem to want to talk about it. It doesn’t have to be that way.
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About the Author: Lee Jackson is a motivational speaker, PowerPoint surgeon and presentation coach. He’s been speaking up front for more than twenty years in many challenging situations. As well as speaking, he loves helping other people to speak well too. He is a fellow of the Professional Speaking Association (PSA) and also the president of the PSA Yorkshire region. Get in touch via leejackson.biz or on Twitter: @leejackson
#powerpointsurgery (*PowerPoint is a loose generic term for any presentation slide design software.)
Good fonts can really make or break a slide, using sans serif fonts really helps with clarity.
Here are a few free options:
http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=501&page=2&text=A+sans+serif+font+for+slides…&fpp=50
SpeakerNet News
Six-Word Speech ContestHere are the winners of the SpeakerNet News Six-Word Speech Contest, along with all of the submitted entries.
See how the contest was set up and run.
Where a number of entries fit into a topic or category, we grouped them together. The final category, “Other,” was for entries that preliminary judges liked, but where there weren’t enough on that same topic to have a separate category.
Grand Prize
- Give wisdom away; it returns tenfold. (Charlie Hawkins)
This entry got more votes than any other in any category, so we wanted to give it special recognition.
Advice to Speakers
First Place
- Stand up, be great, sit down. (Margaret McDonald)
Second Place
- Check zipper. Open heart. Walk on. (Max Dixon)
Honorable Mention (in no particular order)
- Speak eloquently, be funny, get paid (Doc Blakely)
- Tell a better story: inspire change. (Rachel Prosser)
- Explain persuasive visuals, don’t read slides (Dave Paradi)
- Inspire me to listen to you (Patti Wood)
- Quit adding value, start having impact. (Tim Durkin)
- Be different or nobody remembers you (Jeff Hornstein)
- Make us laugh – we’ll remember you. (Pamela Alexandra)
- Tell me a story, I’ll listen. (Pamela Alexandra)
- Want to work? Make ’em laugh (Victoria Maxwell)
- Stories add poetry to your prose. (Kathy Reiffenstein)
- Reading from PowerPoint slides brings snores. (Pamela Alexandra)
- A speech without humor breeds boredom. (Pamela Alexandra)
About Speaking & Training
First Place
- Model what you seek to teach. (Max Dixon)
Second Place
- Don’t speak unless you improve silence (Jesus Nebot)
Honorable Mention (in no particular order)
- Whoever tells the stories shapes society (Plato) (Gayl Murphy)
- Presentations are verbal and visual ballets. (Kathy Reiffenstein)
- It’s a joy watching people blossom. (Robert and Rande Davis Gedaliah)
- Hungry old dogs learn new tricks (Dick Larkin)
About Life
First Place
- Measure your life in lives touched. (Mark Black)
Second Place
- We are each experiments in possibility (Rob Swineford)
Honorable Mention (in no particular order)
- If exercise is fun, it’s done. (Rita Makana Risser)
- Rewards received equate to risks taken. (Douglas Rice)
- Gave up security; having more fun! (Milo Shapiro)
- Life is a gift, cherish it! (Clark Roberts)
- Life is a conversation with yourself. (Marvin Marshall)
Motivation
First Place
- Change your thoughts, change your life! (Victoria Carvalho)
Second Place
- Predict your future by designing it (Sharon Worsley)
Honorable Mention (in no particular order)
- Don’t settle for less than wonderful. (Barbara Niven)
- Everybody has the power of choice (Glenn Brandon Burke)
- No more excuses. Make better choices. (Sam Silverstein)
- Larry Winget: You’re broke, I’m not. Listen up (David Newman)
Writing & Communication
First Place
- Never underestimate the power of words (Victoria Maxwell)
Second Place
- Words are tools, be a technician (Joe Liss)
Honorable Mention (in no particular order)
- Listening takes place between the ears. (Al Borowski)
- One-way communication is an oxymoron. (Helen Wilkie)
- Good business writing requires great editing. (Al Borowski)
Success
First Place
- Daily discipline will determine your destiny (Lisa Ford)
Second Place
- You’re in control of your choices. (Pat Altvater)
Honorable Mention (in no particular order)
- Big ideas usually start out small. (Dave Balch)
- Recession redemption…live simply, give generously. (Elaine Froese)
- Wasted time can never be recycled (Cathy Emma)
- Written goals are your treasure chest (Leanne Hoagland-Smith)
- Believing in yourself leads to success. (Pamela Alexandra)
- For success, make others feel important. (Bob Shaff)
- Have higher standards, get higher results. (Jeffrey Scott)
Leadership
First Place
- Employee appreciation isn’t a special event (Donna Cutting)
Second Place
- True leaders share their lessons learned. (Shawna Schuh)
Honorable Mention (in no particular order)
- Most disengaged workers were once engaged. (Terri Kabachnick)
- Seek counsel, but decide for yourself. (Douglas Rice)
- Pick a strategy, stick to it. (Douglas Rice)
Other
First Place
- Give wisdom away; it returns tenfold. (Charlie Hawkins)
Second Place
- Hope is not an investment strategy. (Douglas Rice)
Third Place
- Net worth and self worth differ. (Douglas Rice)
Honorable Mention (in no particular order)
- Customer loyalty is fleeting and subjective (Lisa Ford)
- Exceptional service is no longer optional. (Laurie Brown)
- Pamper your clients. Confound the competition. (Mitch Carnell)
- Repeat customers are the most profitable (Dick Larkin)
- Referred prospects make the best customers (Dick Larkin)
- Social networking – come tweet with me. (Jim Carrillo)
- No stress with three deep breaths. (Rita Makana Risser)
- Stop whining. It hurts my ears! (Susanne Gaddis)
- A closed mouth doesn’t get fed. (Peggy Duncan)
- Only the visible get known. Really! (Roberta Guise)
- Investing in the future is history (Doc Blakely)
- Read people from the outside in. (Patti Wood)
- Wear your jammies while educating people (Joe Liss)
- Use brains before you use brawn (Bob Mittelsdorf)
- The opposite of harassment is respect. (Rita Makana Risser)
- Wrap your work around your lifestyle. (Cher Holton)
- Your children will lead the world (Brian J. Donley)
All submitted speeches
Six-Word Speech Speaker’s Category Speaker Make us laugh – we’ll remember you. Pamela Alexandra Believing in yourself leads to success. Pamela Alexandra A speech without humor breeds boredom. Pamela Alexandra Tell me a story, I’ll listen. Pamela Alexandra Reading from Powerpoint slides brings snores. Pamela Alexandra Self-love paves the way to happiness. Pamela Alexandra When speaking it’s not about you! Pamela Alexandra Customer encounters spin positively or negatively! Customer Service Teresa Allen Never the violin. Always the violinist PowerPoint Rick Altman You’re in control of your choices. Inner Power Pat Altvater Eliminate Operational Delays, Defects and Deviation. Lean Six Sigma Jay Arthur Polite writing wins clients, contracts, friends Diane Autey Get to the point. Get results. Diane Autey Be there. Do it. Every time. Diane Autey Be there. Be charming. Be gone. Diane Autey Interest in others makes you interesting. Diane Autey LinkedIn. Business networking at its best. Diane Autey Twitter? I don’t give a tweet. Diane Autey Passion and practice produce career success! Halelly Azulay It feels good to be romantic. Dave Balch Medically challenged people need coping skills. Dave Balch Caregiving is harder than it seems. Dave Balch Big ideas usually start out small. Dave Balch Big ideas grow from small ideas. Dave Balch Six word speech. Don’t do it. Michael Benidt & Sheryl Kay Believe in self, success, and significance. motivation – inspiration Ty Bennett Measure your life in lives touched. Mark Black Never play leapfrog while wearing spurs Doc Blakely Never slap a man chewing tobacco Doc Blakely Shoot for the moon after dark Doc Blakely Investing in the future is history Doc Blakely Eat, drink and date Hallie Berry Doc Blakely Speak eloquently, be funny, get paid Doc Blakely Remember the Alamo, learn Spanish now Doc Blakely Listening Takes Place Between the Ears. Al Borowski Good Business Writing Requires Great Editing. Al Borowski Successful Proposal Writing Avoids Boilerplate Pollution. Al Borowski Perfection; no destination. A perfect process! Motivational Jim Bouchard Wanna Grow? Ask For The Business! Bpgstripes Exceptional service is no longer optional. Customer Service Laurie Brown The Power of Choice determines everything! Glenn Brandon Burke Everybody has The Power of Choice Glenn Brandon Burke Never retract – Never explain – Never apologize. from Canadian feminist Nellie McClung Dick Caldwell Keep focus, find balance, clarify motives. success Dick Caldwell Lead with integrity. Listen with compassion. Leadership Mitch Carnell Pamper your clients. Confound the competition. Sales Mitch Carnell Speak with confidence. Reap the rewards. Speaking Mitch Carnell Say something nice. Be a lifter. Motivation Mitch Carnell Social Networking – Come Tweet with Me. Jim Carrillo You are not what you own. decluttering Allison Carter Not enough space equals too much stuff Organizing/Decluttering Allison Carter Change your thoughts, change your life ! Motivation Victoria Carvalho Negotiation: Communication to satisfaction–for everyone. Allie Casey Communication: You can’t live without it. Allie Casey To be heard: Shut-up and listen. Allie Casey Success: To accomplish what you intended. Allie Casey Wealth: Your measure of exchange value. Allie Casey Make audiences laugh until they leak. Christine Cashen Be outstanding or get involved elsewhere! Christine Cashen Hearty Laughter, Happy Staff, Healthy Profits Staff Retention Phillipa Challis Ideas come, ideas go, I remain. Maggie Chicoine Great leaders are life long learners! Judy Clark The little things make the difference. Kathy Condon Recessions always end. Recovery? Plan now. Bill Conerly Employee Appreciation Isn’t a Special Event Donna Cutting Don’t Stop Before the Miracle! Customer Service Rosanne Dausilio Everyone needs breathing space, especially you. Jeff Davidson Tear your cubicles down, be happy! Motivational Design and Ergonomics Ralph DeAmicis Provide Unique Value, Receive Big Benefits Internet Promotion Ted Demopoulos Six words – near soliloquy for me Ted Demopoulos Customer Retention: the new Sales Strategy. Chuck Dennis 2009’s Sales Strategy is Customer Retention. Chuck Dennis Give life away to find it. Dan Diamond In a crisis, make an altar. Max Dixon Break the rules when necessary. Max Dixon Live the life you pretend to. Max Dixon Model what you seek to teach. Max Dixon Move from stillness; speak from silence. Max Dixon Check zipper. Open heart. Walk on. Max Dixon Yes Dear! You are absolutely Correct! Happy Marriage Brian J. Donley I apologize Profusely! Please forgive me! Successful Marriage Brian J. Donley Please! Do what ever you want! Happy Child Brian J. Donley Dad! No is not the answer! Smart Child Brian J. Donley Yes Lord, Thy Will Be Done! Answer to Prayer Brian J. Donley I will listen to MLM opportunity! True Friend Brian J. Donley MLM, isn’t that a pyramid scheme? False Friend Brian J. Donley Your children will lead the world Successful Salesman Brian J. Donley 50% off, guaranteed, sign here, OK! Unsuccessful Salesman Brian J. Donley Let’s take a 20 minute break Successful Speaker Brian J. Donley Sorry, A/C is not working today Unsuccessful Speaker Brian J. Donley Your image will announce the outcome. Image Sandy Dumont A closed mouth doesn’t get fed. Public Relations/Marketing Peggy Duncan Think before you speak on paper. Sylvia Durant Leaders provide light, managers provide heat leadership Tim Durkin Talk less, listen more, sell tons sales Tim Durkin When experience exceeds expectations, service excels customer service Tim Durkin Quit adding value, start having impact. Motivational Tim Durkin I’m too blessed to be stressed Relaxation Cathy Emma Live, love, learn all you can Formula for Life Cathy Emma Respect the contributions of all generations Generational Cathy Emma Wasted time can never be recycled Time Management Cathy Emma Where the majority rules, be different Uniqueness Cathy Emma The truth simplifies, but dishonesty complicates Ethics Cathy Emma I am here to entertain you. Bob Esposito Write love letters. Send. Spread joy. Tresa Eyres Creating a Word-of-Mouth Grapevine Networking Donna Fisher Consciously Connecting and Contributing Cool Contacts Networking Donna Fisher Daily discipline will determine your destiny Lisa Ford Customer loyalty is fleeting and subjective Lisa Ford Recession redemption…live simply, give generously. Elaine Froese Stop whining. It hurts my ears! Susanne Gaddis Plan. Focus. Execute. Win! Win! Win! Susanne Gaddis Powerful speech main ingredient: Add shortening. Speechwriting Martin Galasso Refine with key ingredient: Add shortening. Speechwriting Martin Galasso Glitch-less technology, the speaker’s unfulfilled dream! Speaker Technology Patricia Gangi If you use it, it’ll fail! Speaker Technology Patricia Gangi Listen, don’t assume. Ask. Listen again! Counseling & Communication Skills. Joan Garrity Do Something. Be Honest. Laugh More. James Gaskin It’s a joy watching people blossom. Seminars Robert and Rande Davis Gedaliah Proper bookkeeping procedures prevent business bankruptcies. Marie Gibson Content, concisely delivered, wins the game! For InfoPreneurs Fred Gleeck Do what you resolve to do. Motivation Sohan Gokarn Know audience, know message, know speech. speeches Mark Greasley Why oh why do we die ? life Mark Greasley Make your move and stop pretending! motivation Mark Greasley We fight to make us right! war Mark Greasley Only the visible get known. Really! marketing Roberta Guise The spotlight has been forever skewed. Jeffrey Hansler Health-Esteem: You are worth being healthy! Judith Parker Harris BlockBuster: Knock Yourself Out of Being Stuck Judith Parker Harris Only you can make it grow Business Roger Harrop Make meetings matter – clarify the purpose. Charlie Hawkins Eye contact isn’t optional – it’s critical. Charlie Hawkins Get invited back by providing value. Charlie Hawkins Give wisdom away; it returns tenfold. Charlie Hawkins Look Inside To See Results Outside Visualize Success Derrick Hayes She had cancer. He was caregiver Kate Helfman Motivational speakers are like professional wrestlers. Joe Heuer Speaker speaking with speakers about speaking. Ralph Hillman Stop Spraying and Praying, Improve Results Sales Leanne Hoagland-Smith Captain Wing It Not in Sales Sales Leanne Hoagland-Smith Written goals are your treasure chest Sales Leanne Hoagland-Smith Wrap your work around your lifestyle. Work/Life Enrichment Cher Holton We help people remember inner truths. Speakers Cher Holton Customer Service: It ‘is’ your business! Bob Hooey Leadership Success: Lead by example! Bob Hooey Selling Success: profitably power your business! Bob Hooey Speaking Success: Heart and head connection. Bob Hooey Team Work: Solid foundations for success. Bob Hooey Present yourself well or die trying Jeff Hornstein Speak to influence or don’t speak Jeff Hornstein Be different or nobody remembers you Jeff Hornstein Who hates audience participation? Raise hands. Teven Hunt Don’t criticize. Ever. Please. Thank you. Relationships Janet L. Jacobsen Fell off the stage. He bombed. Cheewa James It’s how you recover, not mistakes. Cheewa James Handkerchiefs pulled. Mascara running. I scored. Cheewa James The shadow of optimism is denial. Leadership Dave Jensen Life: Give yourself permission to succeed. Noah St. John It’s time to change the paradigm! Traditional Medicine Maureen Minnehan Jones For Profits You Need People. Period. Terri Kabachnick They quit but manage to stay. Terri Kabachnick Before you begin, begin with you. Terri Kabachnick Business IS people – people have lives. Terri Kabachnick Your best people leave you first. Terri Kabachnick Most disengaged workers were once engaged. Terri Kabachnick My personal motto: Back to Nature nurture our Future Melody Kiang Bad speakers are paid hush money. Speaker paychecks John Kinde A speaker who plagiarizes is paid in counterfeit money. Speaker paychecks John Kinde Futurists are never paid in currency. Speaker paychecks John Kinde Works well until the audience arrives. Microphone Allen Klein We can choose what we believe. W. R. (Bill) Klemm How you behave affects your thinking. W. R. (Bill) Klemm Excuses are fig leafs for behavior. W. R. (Bill) Klemm You are what you repeatedly do. W. R. (Bill) Klemm Life is a lot like golf. W. R. (Bill) Klemm Live by the inch, not yard. W. R. (Bill) Klemm Positive attitudes can become self-fullfilling prophecies. W. R. (Bill) Klemm You find happiness by not seeking it. W. R. (Bill) Klemm Passionate people produce prosperity and perspicacity. Success Charles Kovess Full house. Great speech. Standing ovation. Mitch Krayton Returns OF investment trump ON investment Finance Dick Larkin Hungry old dogs learn new tricks Training Dick Larkin Sell something people want to buy Marketing Dick Larkin Failure is both option and teacher Marketing Dick Larkin Repeat customers are the most profitable Marketing Dick Larkin catchy tunes are the best teachers Marketing Dick Larkin Stop the eye, start the sale Marketing Dick Larkin Use fewer words, make bigger sales Marketing Dick Larkin Referred prospects make the best customers Marketing Dick Larkin Focus on what you can do. Mark LeBlanc Just open your ears to see. Nancy Lininger Vice versa can set you straight. Nancy Lininger Practice works best over and over. Nancy Lininger Live intentionally to create abundant possibilities. Cathy Liska Obama bipartisanship: I won, you lost Joe Liss Bush foreign policy: My gun’s bigger, dude Joe Liss Power: What every politician wants Joe Liss Email: black and white communication Joe Liss Business building: Care for a referral? Joe Liss Dogs: Loving creatures, no brains! Joe Liss Yourself: Respect no matter what Joe Liss Chemically induced sadness, take your medicine! Depression Joe Liss Pinch the tails, suck the heads! Louisiana Crawfish Joe Liss Big storm that changed my life Hurricane Katrina Joe Liss Words are tools, be a technician Speakers Joe Liss Figure them out? I give up! Women Joe Liss Live for today, save for tomorrow Money and Life balance Joe Liss Get 1/4 of what you give Love Joe Liss Watch for fun, don’t be compulsive. TV Joe Liss Oh my God, please help me! Prayer Joe Liss Work hard, encourage others, stay positive Life Plan Joe Liss Born with nothing, die with nothing Materiality Joe Liss Score the most points and win! Games Joe Liss When things get bad, fight back! Persistence Joe Liss Used to have credibility, no more. Journalism Joe Liss Function through the fear, collapse afterwards Courage Joe Liss Get in front and stay there. Leadership Joe Liss Good intentions without reality based ideas Liberals Joe Liss One time liberal who got mugged! Conservative Joe Liss Helping clients fix their hardest problems Consulting Joe Liss Peak performance even if passion cools Discipline Joe Liss Fame doesn’t always result in quality Famous Speakers Joe Liss Usually lost once taken for granted Freedom Joe Liss Meant to serve, not to rule Government Joe Liss Mirrors reflecting who the parents are Kids Joe Liss The music that stirs one’s soul! New Orleans Jazz Joe Liss Blood on the floor justifies interruption Dianna Booher writing a book Joe Liss White briefs on stage turn heads Marc Leblanc Joe Liss He’s funny, but so politically incorrect! Dale Irvin Joe Liss The benevolence we strive to emulate Cavett Robert Joe Liss Silly songs that you don’t forget David Glickman Joe Liss Weekly publication that stirs the juices SpeakerNetNews Joe Liss Speak more, speak better, make money NSA Joe Liss Wear your jammies while educating people Webinars Joe Liss Always the truth no matter what Friends Joe Liss Be careful what you ask for! Dreams Joe Liss Compliance required. Avoidance, yes. Evasion, no. Income Taxes Joe Liss I’ll get around to it. Soon! Doug Lower Life is a conversation with yourself. Marvin Marshall Don’t Do That! – A Lifetime of Observations Lena Maxwell Never underestimate the power of words Victoria Maxwell Want to work? Make ’em laugh Victoria Maxwell Stand up, be great, sit down. Margaret McDonald EXCEL: Effective Xciting Communicators Engage Leaders Marty Mercer Use brains first, then work hard Project Management Bob Mittelsdorf Plan the work, work the plan Project Management Bob Mittelsdorf Plan it, do it, check it Project Management Bob Mittelsdorf Use brains before you use brawn Project Management Bob Mittelsdorf Project Management: Work smarter, not harder Project Management Bob Mittelsdorf Stakeholders dictate requirements; teams deliver results Project Management Bob Mittelsdorf Superstars tell it to sell it. Gayl Murphy Whoever tells the stories shapes society. Plato Gayl Murphy Don’t speak unless you improve silence Jesus Nebot Don’t speak except to improve silence. Jesus Nebot New ideas lead to more business Jane Neumiller-Bustad Assume love and reconsider what happened. handling marriage problems Patty Newbold They’re not accidents, they’re preventable wrecks. Driving Safety Ric Newell Make them come to your genius Marketing David Newman Shut up and ask killer questions Sales David Newman Get in, Be fun, Get Done Motivation David Newman Hire, Thank, Coach Then Be Gone Leadership David Newman What should you be doing now? Time Management David Newman Set it, get it, aim higher Goal setting David Newman Remember Relationships, Resources, Rapport, and Reciprocity Social Media David Newman Alan Weiss: I don’t like you; charge more David Newman Larry Winget: You’re broke, I’m not, Listen up David Newman Eric Chester: What up with those young people? David Newman Mark LeBlanc: Growing your business: simple not easy David Newman Sam Silverstein: No more excuses: I’m boss now David Newman Jeffrey Gitomer: Forget selling, you need more friends David Newman Scott Ginsberg: My nametag says approachability… and YOU? David Newman Forget work-life balance. Hug then work! Michelle Nichols To Survive Hard Times, Increase Value Articulate Your Sales Message Nick Nichols Your Value Proposition is What Sells Articulate Your Sales Message Nick Nichols Boost Your Value – Boost Your Sales Articulate Your Sales Message Nick Nichols Dominate Your Market By Being Different Blow Away Your Competition Nick Nichols Dare to Differentiate: Dominate Your Competition Blow Away Your Competition Nick Nichols Why Meaningful Differentiation Equals Market Domination Blow Away Your Competition Nick Nichols Your Employees Are Stealing From You Get More Productivity From Your Workforce Nick Nichols Time Theft: The 21st-Century Scourge Get More Productivity From Your Workforce Nick Nichols Immediately Fire Most of Your Employees Get More Productivity From Your Workforce Nick Nichols 10 Reasons Why Your Website Sucks Get More Customers Using the Internet Nick Nichols Hits are How Idiots Track Success Get More Customers Using the Internet Nick Nichols Why Internet Marketing Beats All Others Get More Customers Using the Internet Nick Nichols Still Think YouTube is for Kids? Using Video for Branding Awareness Nick Nichols Social Media: How Effective Is It? Using Video for Branding Awareness Nick Nichols Imagine – You – An Internet Video Star! Using Video for Branding Awareness Nick Nichols Don’t settle for less than wonderful. Barbara Niven Don’t give up before the miracle. Barbara Niven Listen now, hear however. Your choice. Podcasts Helen Osborne Podcasts: Listen now, hear however. Choose. Helen Osborne Explain persuasive visuals, don’t read slides Dave Paradi Don’t Discriminate, Do Investigate, Don’t Retaliate HR and the Law Patricia Justify employment terminations with defensible documentation. Personnel Practices Patricia Keep Your Company out of Court Risk management Patricia Enforce contacts with effective documentation. Contract Enforcement Patricia Courage and Confidence: Springboards to Success Carol Pierce Courage and Confidence: Fear’s Greatest Enemies Carol Pierce I think, there for I speak Michael Podolinsky A fool and audience soon parted Michael Podolinsky A tome stuck in the head Michael Podolinsky All the stage is a world Michael Podolinsky Management: Getting things done through others Michael Podolinsky Stress Management is your energy management Michael Podolinsky Time Management is your productivity control Michael Podolinsky I am in the right place! Attitude Bob Prentice Tell a better story: inspire change. Rachel Prosser Overcome stereotypes: tell a better story Rachel Prosser To connect: tell a better story Rachel Prosser Tell a better story: motivate action Rachel Prosser Tell a better story: unlock potential Rachel Prosser Rhetorical questions ask audiences to imagine. Kathy Reiffenstein Presentations are all about the audience. Kathy Reiffenstein Presentations are verbal and visual ballets. Kathy Reiffenstein Stories add poetry to your prose. Kathy Reiffenstein Powerful language affects hearts and minds. Kathy Reiffenstein Listen intently. Learn fearlessly. Respond creatively. Fred Reisz Rewards received equate to risks taken. Douglas Rice Think independent thoughts using objective analysis. Douglas Rice Pick a strategy, stick to it. Douglas Rice Accepting mass media creates massive mistakes. Douglas Rice Risk taking isn’t sure thing taking. Douglas Rice Measure your life without attaching money. Douglas Rice If you’re trusting, find a skeptic. Douglas Rice Have credit, but don’t use it. Douglas Rice Credit card debt limits future happiness. Douglas Rice You can’t get rich spending money. Douglas Rice You care about you, others won’t. Douglas Rice Hope is not an investment strategy. Douglas Rice Seek counsel, but decide for yourself. Douglas Rice Numbers don’t lie, however people do. Douglas Rice We are capitalists, act like it. Douglas Rice Net worth and self worth differ. Douglas Rice Assume people try to take advantage. Douglas Rice When checkbooks balance, so does life. Douglas Rice Turn off the TV and READ! Douglas Rice The opposite of harassment is respect. Rita Makana Risser If exercise is fun, it’s done. Rita Makana Risser Eating right keeps your body tight. Rita Makana Risser No stress with three deep breaths. Rita Makana Risser Life is a gift, cherish it! Motivational Clark Roberts Having fun minimizes daily stress issues. Barry Roberts People skills always produce profitable results. Shawna Schuh Positivity is the secret to productivity. Shawna Schuh True leaders share their lessons learned. Shawna Schuh Audiences rave when first you give. Shawna Schuh Share your wisdom or speak not! Shawna Schuh Give it all, with great love. Shawna Schuh Adults learn by talking, not listening. Speaking/Breakouts Jeffrey Scott market less, and sell more, now. Business Development Jeffrey Scott Have higher standards, get higher results. Leadership Jeffrey Scott Copywriting: words you love pay off! Rosalind Sedacca For success: Make others feel important. Bob Shaff Gave up security; having more fun! Milo Shapiro Got interactive; that’s why they call! Milo Shapiro When stuff goes wrong, just laugh. Milo Shapiro Self-publishing makes anyone an author. Milo Shapiro Thanks to You-Tube: Mailing NOTHING! Milo Shapiro I came, I learned, I’m dying Beryl Shaw My story of overcoming and triumph Beryl Shaw You think you can beat me? Beryl Shaw I hate when you say that Beryl Shaw Pick yourself up and keep going Beryl Shaw It’s too hot to think today Beryl Shaw Soft Sell Marketing is conscious commerce. Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski Selling is spiritual service in action. Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski Bridging heart and marketing breeds dignity. Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski Speaking: opening to grace every moment. Diane Sieg No more excuses. Make better choices. Sam Silverstein Better late than never? Never late! srharden Immediately stop supporting poor project management Project Audit Michael Stanleigh Grow yourself strong, everyone will benefit! Stephanie Staples Leaders drive Mission. Mission drives Performance Rebecca Staton-Reinstein How Is That Working For You? Motivation Michael Stoughton Leaders Lead, Followers Follow, Politicians Blame Leadership Michael Stoughton If You’re Not Growing, You’re Dying Growth Michael Stoughton WIIFM – Your Prospect’s Favorite Radio Station Sales Michael Stoughton You become what you think about. Earl Nightingale Michael Stoughton We are each experiments in possibility Rob Swineford Empowerment is not entitlement, it is earned Marlene Ward Assert your way to the top Marlene Ward There is no one-way communication. communication Helen Wilkie One-way communication is an oxymoron. communication Helen Wilkie Let them hear, make them feel. Jurgen Wolff Read people from the outside in. Body Language Patti Wood Tell me why I should buy? Sales Patti Wood Inspire me to listen to you Speaking Patti Wood Connect your thoughts to listeners lives Speaking Patti Wood Predict your future by designing it Sharon Worsley SpeakerNet News is produced by Rebecca Morgan and Ken Braly. It is not affiliated with the National Speakers Association. Send comments or suggestions
