Friday, September 30, 2011

Exceptional Presenters in Action: Ellen's Oscar Monologue


Exceptional Presenters in Action: Live on Stage

James Earl Jones Performs Shakespeare at the White House Poetry Jam


Willow Pearson - Invisible Plane


Christopher Titus - Norman Rockwell is Bleeding

Kevin Smith, film director

Exceptional Presenters in Action: Interviews

Cat Deely on Letterman


Jerry Seinfeld


Jim Donovan on "Run, William, Run"


The Real Stephen Colbert (Out of Character)

Exceptional Presenters in Action: Inspirational/Spiritual

Lisa Nichols at Awesomeness Fest


Jean Vanier "Choosing Our Future"


Caroline Myss "Divine Guidance"


Living Without Fear - Joyce Meyer

Exceptional Presenters in Action: Clips/Commercials

Alec Baldwin - Hulu's Superbowl Commercial


The Humor of Ronald Reagan


Robert Wuhl - Assume The Position 201 (Part 1)

Exceptional Presenters in Action: Speeches

John Huston Accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1983

John Hodgman: A brief digression on matters of lost time

JK Rowling - Harvard Commencement Speech (Part 1) - June 5 2008

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

"OPEN UP!" presentation acronym

OPEN UP!

O for Organized
P for Passionate
E for Engaged
N for
Natural

U for Understand your audience
P for Practice!


This is another handy checklist in acronym form. Remember to consider what each of the words/phrases means to you — how you “do” each one in your unique way.

You can use the checklist as you prepare, and just before presenting to help you relax and focus.

The "OPEN UP!" presentation acronym was created by Tim Koegel, author of the book The Exceptional Presenter. I use this book and recommend it highly if you want to go deeper with your presentation skills development.