Welcome to Power Presentations
The premier location for presentation and communication skills coaching. Our unique and differentiated approach gives you the differential to succeed whenever and wherever you present your business, your ideas, yourself. Only Power Presentations gives you the integrated skills necessary to; tell your story, design your PowerPoint slides, present them with poise and confidence—naturally, and handle tough questions.
Workshops
July 13, 2009 is the date of our upcoming public workshop. This workshop is a cost efficient one-day workshop combining the key elements of Jerry's international best seller Presenting to Win, and his latest release The Power Presenter. Please click below to learn more about our workshops, locations, and times.
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Recent Blog Entries (see all)
Is the Honeymoon Over?
June 29, 2009 by Jerry
From his stunning upset victory in the Iowa Caucuses at the start of the presidential primaries, throughout the election campaign, and in the first hundred days of his term in office, the media treated Barack Obama like a rock star and handled him with kid gloves. He acknowledged as much when he spoke at the [...]
Read More...“When did you stop beating your wife?”
June 26, 2009 by Jerry
Sooner or later every human being on the face of this planet is confronted with tough questions. One of the toughest and most common is the infamous loaded question, “When did you stop beating your wife?” which implies that you have indeed been beating your wife. How do you answer without agreeing with the implication? [...]
Read More...Presentation Advice from Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa
June 24, 2009 by Jerry
In 1982, soprano Kiri Te Kanawa was awarded the title Dame Commander of the British Empire for her lifetime achievements as one of the leading operatic singers in the world. These days Dame Kiri spends most of her time in a backstage role with her own foundation dedicated to helping New Zealand singers and musicians [...]
Read More...Glossophobia
June 22, 2009 by Sixtus
In an earlier blog, you read about mistakes during a presentation. The blog was focused more on falters in demonstrations than on traditional speaking events, but the least common denominator in both events is fear. This fear of public speaking is referred to as glossophobia, a word that comes from the Greek glĆssa (γλῶÏÏα), meaning [...]
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Presentation Graphics: A Special Series II
July 1, 2009 by admin
In April 2009 we launched a two-week series on presentation graphics. In response to our readers, we are going to run a second series of blogs dedicated to presentation graphics.
Graphics can be either your best friend or worst enemy during your presentation. Beginning Monday, July 20th, Jerry and the Power Presentations team will offer you daily insights on the role [...]
Macintalkers host Jerry at Apple
June 18, 2009 by admin
Macintalkersâa member of Toastmasters Internationalâhosted Jerry on Wednesday, June 3, from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM at the Apple campus in Cupertino, CA. This event was part of Macintalkers ongoing âCinematic Keynotesâ series. Jerryâs talk focused on how to connect with your audience using body language.
Jerry uses video clips to illustrate how to deliver a winning speech [...]
Read More...Silicom Summit 2009: Boot Camp with Jerry
June 11, 2009 by admin
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Jerry recently spoke at the 2009 Silicom Summit, hosted by Silicom Ventures. Their goal is to provide participating companies with a concentrated opportunity to improve their presentation and then present their company to interested Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists.
Jerry coaches a group of entreprenuers on their opening pitch.
There were 40 plus entrepreneurs in attendance.
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Read More...Final Stop: Podgorica, Montenegro
June 9, 2009 by admin
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Jerry, along with the staff and organizers, is ready to greet the participants of Jerry’s lecture.
Jerry lectures a group of students, faculty and business people.
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Jerry ends the lecture series with an interview on a local television station.
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