7 Uncommon Power Point Techniques
Orals Coaching
Written by Susan Trivers   

7 Uncommon Power Point Techniques…That will make audiences sit up and take notice


In this article, we provide several ideas on how to make all of your Power Point presentations more interesting.


1.       Insert blank black slides
2.       Mix up the colors 
3.       Embed sound
4.       Use video instead of still photos
5.       Use photos instead of graphics
6.       Use build capability to create visuals with depth and texture (not because something is too complex)
7.       Increase the ratio of visuals to text slides

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How to Increase the Economic Impact of Your Presentations
Orals Coaching
Written by Susan Trivers   

What would happen to your company's revenue if you hit the proverbial 'home run' each and every time you appeared in front of an audience? Every speech or presentation has the possibility of making an economic contribution to your company, even if you're not directly involved with sales. The time is ripe--right now--to boost your E-conomic Quotient.

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Business Developers: How to “Fix” Your Presentations
Orals Coaching
Written by Susan Trivers   
Do you want to make a positive impression on your audience? Get them to do something important after they listen to you? Maybe promote you, invite you to meet with some decision-makers, perhaps consummate a sale?
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How to Select an Orals Coach
Orals Coaching
Written by Russell Smith   

The requirement to give oral proposal presentations has been important for decades, but the nature of oral proposals fundamentally changed with simplification in contracting during the mid 1990s. Two important results of the changes in orals were as follows:

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Benefits of an Effective Orals Strategy
Orals Coaching
Written by Cam Middleton   

Orals presentations are becoming much more important in the selection process for the ever competitive Federal marketplace. To better educate and equip our friends and customers, OCI will be holding a presentation on "Benefits of an Effective Orals Strategy" February 7, 2008 at the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) in Herndon, VA. This will be given by orals coach extraordinaire Mark Sincevich who is the author is the recent book, "The Leadership Lens."
Program Overview

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Videotaped Oral Presentations
Orals Coaching
Written by Gregory W. Pease   

Videotaped presentations have become another way of implementing oral presentations in the procurement environment. There are two fundamental reasons why the Government uses videotaped presentations.

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Hey Coach! Help Me With Rehearsals!
Orals Coaching
Written by Greg Pease   

Over the past several years, many of you have asked me about rehearsals: when to do them, how to do them, etc. This question deals with planning rehearsal events to help you plan your proposal and presentation development cycles and get your team comfortably to the WIN!

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Orals Coaching - "It's All in The Attitude!"
Orals Coaching
Written by Gregory W. Pease   

 We ask the key personnel we select on programs we are bidding to step up to a huge undertaking when we ask them to deliver a proposal to a customer via an oral presentation. We also place a lot of responsibility on both senior and junior people to deliver fantastic presentations.

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Orals - Hey Coach! Help Me With My Body Language
Orals Coaching
Written by Greg Pease   

Many times we forget that over 50% of the communications package that we deliver to our customers, friends, and families is body language. We rarely take the opportunity to explore what the body can do for us in delivering powerful oral presentations and answers to the Government's questions.

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Orals - Knowing the Room Improves the Presentation
Orals Coaching
Written by Greg Pease   

Knowing as much as you can about the room where you will present will help make your presenters more comfortable, confident!

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