Voice speed. Is this something you think about when giving presentations? If not, you may want to reconsider. Speaking too fast makes it difficult for people to digest what you’re saying. Speaking too slow may induce boredom or even sleepiness! What’s the happy medium? 140 words per minute. That’s how fast the average person talks. If you speak at this…

One of the main reasons that people choke or the main reason that people don’t do well with their presentations is because they’re distracted. Oftentimes when I think about the speeches I give, when I get off the stage after the speech is done, I’m not thinking about, how were my hand gestures? Was my eye contact the best? Did…

Let’s talk about technical conference presentations. Back when I used to work as a product development engineer, the company would send me to conferences to present on the research or the work that I was working on at the company. And if you’ve ever attended any conference, you know that many presenters don’t put all that much effort into their…