"I am a technical trainer by trade.
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Worse than that, I had another important training
presentation in less than a week.
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typical public speaking conventions - make eye contact
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Job
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Wouldn’t it be great if when you presented,
people actually listened?
Microsoft claims there
are over 30 million PowerPoint presentations given every
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often entertaining discourse applies to the presentation
you’re working on right now. The video is structured
around
“The Seven Basic Rules” of presentation
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tells you why.
In the penultimate chapter, Jefferys takes square aim at
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