Make Your Presentations Sizzle!

Barbara was recently featured in the “Gulf Coast Business Review Meeting Planners’ Guide 2010” in an article titled, “Make Your Presentations Sizzle!” by Heidi Kurpiela. The Headline:

“International motivational speaker and self-help author Barbara Glanz shares her presentation wisdom. One of her ‘musts’: Touch people’s hearts.

She goes on to explain, “Here’s why she is regarded as one of the best:”

* SHE’S FUN.
* SHE MAKES THE CONTENT PERSONAL AND RELATABLE.
* HER ADVICE IS EASY TO FOLLOW AND SHARE.
* SHE USES SENSORY STIMULATION.
* SHE’S GENUINE.
* SHE EXUDES CONFIDENCE.

A sidebar includes “Barbara Glanz’s Do’s and Don’ts:”

DO’s

* Organize your thoughts before speaking.
* Share a few powerful personal stories.
* Practice what you preach.
* Be positive and energetic on the podium.
* Give people ideas and advice they can implement.

DON’Ts

* Don’t wing it.
* Don’t focus only on yourself.
* Don’t cram too much rhetoric or theory down people’s throats.
* Don’t lay it on too think.
* Don’t shamelessly pitch your own books and DVDs.

If you would like to read the whole article and get more specific ideas, go to pages 8 and 9 http://www.review.net/legal-notice-uploads/GCBRMeetingPlannersGuide.pdf.

To learn even more about Barbara’s work, go to www.barbaraglanz.com