When I was coaching TEDxHarlem, a number of the speakers asked me for talk references. Typically, my next steps would be to look up videos of those speakers already and then dive deep into finding existing TED talks that seemed like appropriate models for those particular speakers. Not everyone has the same speaking style, after [...]
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CISPA: The new PIPA/SOPA type threat
PIPA and SOPA were defeated. Yay! But alas, the battle is not over! Up next: CISPA. It stands for Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act. It encourages private companies to monitor for cyber threat on their websites. And as far as you are concerned as folks designing presentations that could be distributed on SlideShare, SlideRocket, [...]
Things to ask when you’re going to present
When you’re going to present with a new organization or on a new stage, there’s a lot you should check before arriving. To make that easier, here is a list of questions you should ask your event organizers: What kind of mircophones will be used? Lavaliere, hand mic, over the ear? Will surgical tape be [...]
Tips for being the liaison between designers
Frequently when working with a presentation designer, you need to also act as the liaison between the presentation designer and your print/web designers. Web, print and presentations designers all speak a slightly different language, which can leave you spinning in confusion of you aren’t able to navigate them. Hopefully this post will help you navigate [...]
How to battle stage fright
Having just worked on 2 major events, I’ve been deeply reminded of the bane of most speakers’ existence: STAGE FRIGHT Stage fright is what causes speakers: to forget content that they know inside and out, to speak with a nervous voice, to fidget, to close their body language up and just generally not perform as [...]
Best Practices for Rapid Fire presentations
On March 28, 2012, I will be introducing 6 amazing speakers at The Economist Ideas Economy: Innovation conference in Berkeley, California, that I had the pleasure of curating, coaching and assisting in the design of their presentations as appropriate. Their topic: The demonstration of some of the facets of being an innovation practitioner, as I [...]
What TED tips should you use for your presentation?
I’m deeply involved in TEDxHarlem as their speaker coach, which will be happening the week after this post. In that role, it’s critical that I push speakers to abide the TED Speaker Commandments. For your reference, they are here: TEDx SPEAKERS: THE TED COMMANDMENTS These 10 tips are the heart of a great TEDTalk. Dream [...]
Awesome Nancy Duarte tool
Those who work with me, know that I’m a HUGE Nancy Duarte fan. Her book slide:ology is one of my favorites, as is her TED talk where she determines the structure for inspirational talks. Now it seems that her firm is at it again with a library of templates, that they’re calling the Diagrammer. Each [...]
How many slides should I use?
That’s one of the most comment questions I get: ”How many slides should I use for my xx minute presentation*?” I always respond with “I don’t know, where’s your script?” “yeah, but in your professional opinion, how many slides for xx minutes?” “Again, I don’t know, where’s your script?” I say that because of one [...]
Quoted in Mediabistro! Panelist tips!
I was quoted in Mediabistro, talking about best practices for being on a panel. Mediabistro members can check out the article here: http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a11460.asp click this link to see the entire article in .pdf: mediabistro_panel_schwartzberg Read the entire list of panel tips I sent to the reporter here.
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