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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations

By Nancy Duarte

Year Published: 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1422187104
Categories: Presentations, Speaking

36 Quotes Found

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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations:

Personal stories told with conviction are the most effective ones in your arsenal.

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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations:

Place Something They’ll Always Remember – a climactic S.T.A.R. moment – in your presentation to drive your big idea home.

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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations:

Strip everything off your slides that’s there to remind you what to say; keep only elements that will help the audience understand and retain what you’re saying.

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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations:

Developing clear visuals that add emotion, emphasis, or nuance to your delivery is no easy task – but when you do this well, your ideas with resonate with your audience.

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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations:

By adding points of contact… you’ll make a lasting impression and increase the likelihood that your ideas will gain traction.

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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations:

…set up a URL where the audience can access free digital content…

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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations:

Presentations are one of the most popular business communication tools, second only to email. They attract clients and keep employees on track.

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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations:

Audiences can process only one stream of information at a time.

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Research shows that people learn more effectively from multimedia messages when they’re stripped of extraneous words graphics, animations, and sounds.

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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations:

Sometimes showing is more powerful than telling.

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