One of my clients is a large man, almost any way you look at it. He’s a CEO of a company with thousands of employees, and he’s got a big personality with a huge laugh. He’s also about 6’4” and 280 pounds. And… he’s got a big need to get his point across. Before we started […]
Read more »How often do you walk away from a day full of meetings feeling unproductive and uninspired? It’s time to step up: PREPARE, UNIFY, CLARIFY, INTENSIFY, and UNLEASH your teams. You can run meetings that generate engagement and create a forward-moving agenda. Meetings don’t just happen. They require preparation. Review the context. Do a situational assessment and determine the who, when, where and […]
Read more »We feel your pain. You’re a good presenter. You’re compelling. People listen to you and you’ve got a lot to say. But this time your presentation is about what somebody else had to say. You’ve inherited 30 slides, a forty-five minute time slot, and some pretty dense material. Don’t Worry. Just because you didn’t write the […]
Read more »So many of us are just one step away from greater executive presence, but the umms and the ahhs get in the way. In this brief clip, learn how to cure yourself of these verbal tics and elevate your public speaking skills in no time! Like this? Download this exercise in pdf form. Subscribe to our […]
Read more »Public Speaking does not have to be a terrifying experience! Check out “Ten Ways to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking” and get our best tips to keep you from giving up the ghost. You can deliver a rockstar presentation, every time. These tips, along with the process offered in It’s Showtime! Richard Butterfield’s Power of Persuasion, have helped […]
Read more »Thank goodness we’ve transitioned to the Era of TED Talks, a refreshing upgrade from an epic of busy PowerPoint decks and White Papers masquerading as presentations. Here’s the rub: You may not be asked to give an actual TED talk… but you’re being held to new TED-like standards when you give a presentation. Discover […]
Read more »As part of its sponsorship of Vator’s tech conference and startup competition in Oakland, our own Power of Persuasion expert, Andrew Hurteau, provided presentation skills coaching to the finalists of the start-up competition. Many presenters took advantage of this opportunity, including OppSites, the winner of Vator Splash Oakland and Rockbot, a winner of Vator’s Oakland-focused Oaktown competition. The […]
Read more »It’s your big presentation and all eyes are on you as you drive home your winning point. Then suddenly the unexpected happens: You draw a complete blank, a heckler interrupts you, the teleprompter stops working. Terror. Panic. Failure. What you need is a plan to deal with The Unexpected. Recently, Butterfield Speaks Associate Amy Wieczorek […]
Read more »Greetings and welcome to the first in an occasional series of Blog Posts from the Butterfield Speaks Team. In this inaugural post, Richard Butterfield describes two scenarios where the Power of the Voice made a big difference…
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