Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Top 5 Communication Skills
Here are the Top 5 Communication Skills you need as a professional. These are the skills that are often expected but are often lacking among many professionals. You can stand out from the crowd if you're good at all five.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How To Say "I don't know" With Credibility!
At the end of a presentation, you may be asked a question that you don't know the answer to. I'm going to share with you how to respond when you don't know the answer without losing credibility. There are examples for beginners to pros,...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Straw Man Fallacy Explained
Is it the straw man fallacy or a straw man argument? I will also give you some examples so that you can recognize the signs and learn how to respond when you find yourself in this situation.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Transitions Statements for Public Speaking
Transitions Statements for Public Speaking
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Barriers to Effective Listening Skills Top 6
These are the Top 6 barriers to Effective Listening Skills that often cause difficulties. This video breaks down the top 6 barriers and gives tips to overcome them. This is Part 1 of a 4-part series on Active Listening Skills.
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Hablar claro y conciso
Hablar con claridad es utilizar un lenguaje sencillo y cotidiano y estructurar los pensamientos de forma lógica. Es ser conciso y hablar a una velocidad y volumen que sean fáciles de entender, y tener una pronunciación clara. No dé por...
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4 Ways to Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety
4 Ways to Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety is a video to help anyone who feats public speaking. It can range from feeling slightly nervous to paralyzing fear and panic. Public speaking creates anxiety because we are concerned that others...
Seven Dimensions
Speak Clearly and Concisely
Use language that everyone understands and avoid jargon; Don't mumble, articulate words clearly and vary your tone; Pause between phrases and thoughts rather than using filler words like “um, ah, like, basically, you know”; Use relevant...
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How to Present to Camera
Prepare – choose lighting, angles and clothes that will not distract viewers; Look directly at the camera and use positive body language; Rehearse to build confidence and manage anxiety; Know and organize what you are going to say; Be...
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How to Define Your Presentation: Defusing the B.O.M.B.
Presentations are like a b.o.m.b. that can go off in your face if you don’t prepare. The absolute first thing to do is define your presentation and defuse that B.O.M.B. Get our Presentation Skills Toolkit, which accompanies this course...
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Five Simple Presentation Structures for a Compelling Presentation
In an earlier video, I described a compelling presentation structure. Here are five variations on it that I have used successfully. Get our Presentation Skills Toolkit, which accompanies this course https://managementcourses.gumroad.com...
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Closing: How to Finish Your Presentation and Close with Real Impact
People will most easily remember two parts of your presentation: the start and the finish. So, you need a powerful way to close. Let’s take a look at some of my favorite ways of closing. Get our Presentation Skills Toolkit, which...
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Open Your Presentation: How to Hook your Audience with a Great Start
Open your presentation with a powerful introduction to hook your audience. I’ll start you off with the structure that many business writers, journalists, and authors use time after time. Get our Presentation Skills Toolkit, which...
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How to Make the Key Points of Your Presentation Memorable
You’ve gone to a lot of trouble to prepare and deliver your presentation. And your audience has given up a big chunk of time to listen to you. Surely, you want them to remember the important parts of what you tell them! How can you make...
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How to Create Excellent Visual Aids for Your Presentation
Make your presentation more engaging, more compelling and more memorable with good visual aids. And, let’s face it, that means slides. Whether you favor PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides, Prezzi, or another tool, how can you create...
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How to Control Your Nerves Before and During Your Presentation
Many people would say that giving a presentation is the scariest thing they need to do at work. Indeed, some people who do it a lot still find it a real challenge to get their nerves under control. Happily, a little nervousness can give...
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Travelling to Your Presentation: Speaker's Checklists for Road Warrior Presenters
Wherever you go to present – whether the next meeting room down the hall, or a big hotel in a foreign country, it’s a good idea to have a speaker's checklist of what you need to take, and what to do when you arrive. Here are two useful...
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Managing Audience Questions in Your Presentation [inc the Tough Ones!]
What do business presenters fear more than presenting itself? Usually, it’s those tricky – or even hostile-seeming – questions from the audience. So, let’s see how you can handle them confidently and effectively. Get our Presentation...
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Rhetoric: The Golden Key to Verbal Persuasion
People have been persuading one another with their speech for as long as we have records. In many different cultures, aspiring lawyers, administrators, and politicians would have learned the science of rhetoric, of using language...
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How to Craft a Compelling, Persuasive, and Powerful Presentation
There are four questions you need to ask – and answer – if you want to craft an excellent presentation, which your audience will find compelling, persuasive, and powerful. Let’s look at them. Get our Presentation Skills Toolkit, which...
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How to Craft a Compelling Presentation Structure
You have a big idea you want to present. It may be a conclusion, a recommendation, or a status report. Maybe it’s an insight you need to share or a decision you want. How can you craft a compelling presentation for maximum impact? Get...
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Preparation is Key: How to Review and Rehearse Your Presentation
The best thing about not preparing is that failure is not preceded by an unsettling period of worry and depression So preparation is key, and that means you need to review and rehearse your presentation. Get our Presentation Skills...
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Basic Platform Skills: Giving a Great Presentation
This is the first of two videos on the platform skills that will make your presentation come across great. In the next one, we’ll look at some of the advanced skills that professionals use. But, in this one, let’s focus on the basics...
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Advanced Platform Skills: Master-level Presentation Tips
This is the second of two videos on the platform skills that will make your presentation come across great. In the last one, we looked at the basics that will make you a great presenter. But, in this one, let’s focus on some of the...