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The 8th annual Outstanding Presentations Workshop is free this year

August 29, 2017 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

The 8th annual Outstanding Presentations Workshop is free this year. We have an expert group of 6 speakers. This online workshop has been a major event in the presentation world for a long time, with past speakers like Nancy Duarte, Cliff Atkinson, and many more.

You can register at www.OutstandingPresentationsWorkshop.com.

All sessions start at 11am PT / 2pm ET. If you can’t make the live session, you can watch the recording for a week before it’s taken down.

Here’s the schedule:

Ellen Finkelstein
10 Animation Techniques That Actually Help Your Audience Understand and Remember Concepts
Tuesday, September 12

Joseph Ganci
How to Ensure that Your eLearning Initiatives are Successful
Tuesday, September 19

Elizabeth Bachman
From Talking Head to Respected Presenter: Communication Skills that get RESULTS
Tuesday, September 26

Deb Peretz
Using Brain Science to Create a Presentation that Captivates Their Attention
Tuesday, October 3

Richard Goring
14 Awesome PowerPoint Tricks for Effective Presentations
Tuesday, October 10

Marshall Makstein and Jen Finke
eSlide’s “In-&-Outbox”: Professional Presentation Design Before and After Samples
Tuesday, October 17

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to get valuable advice from top experts and break out of the old presentation mold!

www.OutstandingPresentationsWorkshop.com

Andrew Dlugan speaks at the Outstanding Presentations Workshop

November 13, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

Andrew Dlugan, well-known for his Six Minutes blog, spoke on the topic of “Ethos, Pathos, Logos: Three Pillars of Persuasive Public Speaking.

Andrew explained that a persuasive presentation must include 3 elements:

Ethos (credibility)
Pathos (emotional connection)
Logos (logical argument)

These pillars come from Aristotle’s book, On Rhetoric.

He further broke down each component. For example, here is his slide on what constitutes ethos.

It’s hard to incorporate all aspects of ethos. For example, the President of a company may have authority relative to the audience, but be perceived as different. A way for the President to deal with this might be to dress casually.

In the section on pathos, Andrew emphasized that emotion is important for making a connection with your audience. You can choose photos and words that resonate emotionally. For example, compare mishap and mistake to crime and sin. You can see that the second set of words is much more emotionally charged.

Finally, he talked about logos, discussing the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning is certain, but it’s hard to be certain about many of our arguments. You need to be aware when your reasoning is inductive. You can balance this uncertainty by using hard data and by emphasizing the points of most value to your audience.

Announcing Outstanding Presentations Workshop 2011!

August 18, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

I’m pleased to announce the 2nd Outstanding Presentations Workshop with a new group of top-tier presenters!

Those of you who attended last year (we had over 1700 sign-ups from 49 countries!) will remember the high quality of the presentations.

And it’s all free! (Thanks to our sponsors.)

It’s starting on September 7th and will run for 7 sessions in total, at 11am Pacific Time/2pm Eastern Time.

Sign up now!

Or read on.

Who will speak?

Here’s the list of outstanding presenters:

Carmen Taran, PhD: Co-founder of Rexi Media and author of Better Beginnings. Carmen has been a keynote speaker at the Presentation Summit conference and is well known for her gorgeous slide design and interactive style.
Cliff Atkinson: Author of the bestseller, Beyond Bullet Points. Cliff created slides for the prosecution in a trial against drug maker Merck that resulted in a verdict of $253 million.
Bruce Gabrielle: Author of Speaking PowerPoint: The New Language of Business. Bruce conducts onsite workshops on the Mindworks Presentation Method for businesses, consulting firms, associations and educational institutions.
Jan Schultink: CEO of Idea Transplant, Jan is a well-known presentation designer with clients around the world.
Simon Morton: Founder of Eyeful Presentations, a firm in the UK and now the US, which provides content structure, story-telling, and design services to its clients.
Andrew Dlugan: The well-known blogger at the Six Minutes blog, which covers public speaking and presentation skills.
Ellen Finkelstein: Yes, that’s me! If you’re reading this, you probably already know me.

Are you ready to learn how to create outstanding presentations? Discover the techniques professionals use that you can apply to your own presentations. All for free!

Comments from last year’s workshop

Here are just a few of the many comments we received from last year’s OPW:

“I was quite impressed with the presentations. Speakers were knowledgeable and interesting. I do believe that my presentation skills have improved and I am continuing to learn via the links and additional information provided after the workshops.”

“The workshop gave a variety of presentations and the speakers were professional and gave a lot of terrific tips for ppt presentations. The workshop was very helpful to me and I know that my presentation skills will improve in the future. Thank you for giving us this opportunity.”

“The Outstanding Presentations Workshop lived up to its name – OUTSTANDING! I was so impressed with the variety – and quality – of the speakers. The webinars were extremely helpful to me, and my presentation skills have improved tremendously by putting many of the suggestions into action. Thank you for making this possible!”

Find out more about our sponsors!

We are pleased to have 5 gold and 2 silver sponsors for this event. Their contributions cover the cost of the webinar software plus my part-time assistant who updated the workshop’s website (thanks Ariana!).

Some of them are still finalizing their special offers for you, but for now, you can learn a little more about them by clicking the links:

Gold Sponsors

Yawnbuster Connect: Now connect with your audience in real time with Yawnbuster Connect!

VisualBee: Enhances your PowerPoint presentations automatically

myBrainshark: The free edition of Brainshark, enabling anyone to easily create, share and track online and mobile video presentations – in the cloud – using PowerPoint, the web, and their voice.

NXPowerLite: Compress PowerPoint files without Zipping. 50% discount during OPW2011 ((W16-57U-TJ2).

InFocus: Bright ideas made brilliant!