A couple years ago I was asked to speak at a conference in Chicago. I prepared, in traditional journalistic fashion, by doing everything at the last minute and then walked into the event expecting a ...

When his company vice president requested a presentation to the executive team, William (not his real name) felt a familiar twinge of anxiety. Because William was aware he used too many filler words, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. The corporate world has a meetings problem. And if you're ...

Sudha Mani is a tech entrepreneur and management consultant who has sat through and made many presentations during her career. Not all have gone well, including the time she found herself on the wrong ...

Full disclosure: this paper is based on a presentation I gave in 2019 at an academic conference. I often engage in “double-dipping,” which I would describe as recycling or repurposing your own work ...

Coors Light is (literally) sliding into the workplace with the ‘CoorSlide,’ an image that can be inserted into a Google Slides presentation, which is designed “to tell your coworkers to (respectfully) ...

A kind and friendly tone is the best way to start a presentation. If you begin with a strict and dull tone, people will immediately lose interest. People look forward to listening to creative ideas, ...

For most of us, presenting confidently and clearly in our native language is hard enough. But communicating in another language is marked by unique challenges and opportunities for growth. Fortunately ...