Question: Where should I stand in relation to my PowerPoint?

by Hilari Weinstein

September 29, 2009 • 0 comments

Ideally you, the speaker, should be center stage.  Unfortunately most presentation spaces are set up with the projection screen smack dab in the middle of the room.  This sets up your PowerPoint to be the center of attention not you.  This also keeps your...

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Introductions with Impact

by Hilari Weinstein

September 8, 2009 • 0 comments

Take your individual team member introductions from boring and blah to powerful and memorable. How?  Here are a few ideas: If your principal or project manager is introducing his or her team, have them say something unique about each person.  For example: “Joe Marks...

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Question: Should I memorize my presentation?

by Hilari Weinstein

August 26, 2009 • 2 comments

It depends. One job I had, many years back, required me to do a 45 minute sales training followed by a soft “pitch” to invest in additional training.  Strategic parts of the presentation were customized to the client’s needs.  However, most of the pitch...

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Using the Voice to Make Your Message Memorable

by Hilari Weinstein

August 24, 2009 • 0 comments

Your voice is an instrument that, when used effectively, acts as a verbal yellow highlighter directing your selection panel to what is most important to remember in your presentation. You wouldn’t be able to fall asleep on a roller coaster.  The twists and turns...

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“You Matter” from Seth Godin

by Hilari Weinstein

June 25, 2009 • 0 comments

I just LOVE this! Marketing guru, Seth Godin, included this in a recent blog post: When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter. When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of...

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Hilari is speaking today

by Hilari Weinstein

June 25, 2009 • 0 comments

Come hear Hilari present, “Effective Q & A in Project Interview Presentations” to the Phoenix Post of the  Society of American Military Engineers. http://www.samephxaz.org/_

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What Your Audience Remembers

by Hilari Weinstein

March 18, 2009 • 0 comments

Do you remember the details of a conversation you had last week?  Probably not. The audiences you present to will not remember everything you say.  Therefore it is imperative that you decide what are the most important elements you want them to retain. Questions...

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Trust Determined In Less Than a Minute

by Hilari Weinstein

March 12, 2009 • 0 comments

First Impression: Do I trust you The British Psychological Society blog describes a study in which university students were asked to rate several character traits of a person after seeing their photo for just 100 milliseconds. “The ratings they gave the faces correlated strongly...

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Hilari cited in Arizona Business Gazette

by Hilari Weinstein

February 16, 2009 • 0 comments

Success hangs on knowing when to seek help Executives check egos, ask for advice by Christia Gibbons – Sept. 11, 2008 Special for the Arizona Business Gazette When “disastrous” was the only word Barbara Shuck could use to describe the interview her project manager...

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The Power of Pictures

by Hilari Weinstein

January 27, 2009 • 0 comments

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  It is TRUE! When someone says to you trash can, do you see an image or the 7 letters spelling out the words?  Most people see the image. Whether an image, a chart, a graph...

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