Milly Sonneman
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Milly Sonneman is a recognized expert in visual language. She is the co-director of Presentation Storyboarding, a leading presentation training firm, and author of the popular guides: Beyond Words and Rainmaker Stories available on Amazon. Milly helps business professionals give winning presentations, through online presentation skills trainings at Presentation Storyboarding. You can find out more about our courses or contact Milly through our website at: http://www.presentationstoryboarding.com/
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3 Unbreakable Rules for Storytelling In Email Marketing
How are you telling your business story? Most often email marketing is a core part of how you are presenting your brand and business to customers and prospects. This week, I got a remarkable email. Sounds funny, right? The reason it was remarkable was this: it was a story that got me to take action. I don't know about you but I get a lot of emails. Sometimes over 200 a day. So, when I saw a good story - it made me stop and think. How did they do it? I've found that there are 3 absolutely unbreakable rules for telling marketing stories in email.
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Business Presenting - It's Always About Your Audience!
What's the number one "Rule" in presenting? "It's always about your audience." Discover the power of this rule -- and score your skills in a quick Presentation Readiness Quiz. Body: Far too many presenters and subject matter experts focus on themselves, their topic, and their ability to answer questions. These are, of course, crucial skills. However, if you only focus on these, you'll miss the target.
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Business Presentation Secrets - Let's Do Lunch
Lunch is a great place for successful business presentations. At least that's that's the word out of a recent survey by Robert Half Management Resources. Here's what 1,400 finance executives replied when asked for their most successful meeting place other than the office: * Restaurant (36%) * Trade Show Or Conference (25%) * Sporting Event (4%) * Golf Course (3%) * In A Car (1%) * On A Trip/Plane (1%) * Nowhere Else (24%), And Other/Don't Know/Refused (4%).
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Presentation Success ROAD Map
Imagine having a simple and memorable 4-step roadmap for presentation success. Would you like to get your hands on it? I bet you would! I was just looking at The 2010 Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report from Marketing Sherpa. (I'm not an affiliate for them or for the report, just in case you were wondering. But something in their email caught my eye: the acronym of ROAD. And I got to thinking.
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Any Volunteers For The Next Presentation?
Do you slink down in your seat when your boss calls out: "any volunteers for the next presentation?" Find out what it means...and what you can do about it. Your boss calls. "Any volunteers for the next presentation?" "NOT ME!" Right? If you're like most of the people on this planet, volunteering to present in front of a group is not on your 'must-do' list. So, hiding under a rock and slinking down in your seat may be your first urge. This is the first thing that pops into your head. But wait. This could just be force of habit.
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Effective Business Presentations - Show and Touch
Effective business presentations help clients and prospects see, feel, and get in touch with solutions. Yes, you're already familiar with 'show and tell.' But what about 'show and touch'? In my training seminars on presentation skills, I often teach subject matter experts how to do this. And, believe me -- it isn't always easy. One of the big points of resistance I get is showing and touching. You see, many experts fervently believe things such as: • The data tells the story • More data tells a better story • Facts and numbers tell the story
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Business Presenting for Leaders - Break The Rules
Are you following the 'rules' for presenting in your organization or industry? If so, you could be killing your career. The most exceptional leaders are known for breaking the rules. Get the recognition you deserve with these 3 easy rule-breaking tips. "A conservative is a person who does not think anything should be done for the first time." -Frank Vanderlip If you're just starting out in presenting, what's your first thought? How are things done? What are the rules?
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Business Presentations - What's Your Personal Best?
Curious how to find your personal best in business presentations? Follow the lead of star performers and you can achieve greatness too. Star performers share a single trait: they challenge themselves to always strive for their personal best. Whether in business, sports or the arts, masters are at the top of their game because they never stop seeking to get better. For a professional role model for performance, consider Michael Jordan. Even if you're not a basketball fan, Jordan was famous as the top player when he was playing for the Chicago Bulls. How did he stay at the top?
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8 Top Challenges To Achieving Presentation Success
Do you give presentations? If you are in business, leadership or sales, you most definitely are answering a big, emphatic, "Yes!" What are the top challenges that you must overcome if you want to guarantee success? Read this short article to discover the challenges...so you can win at presenting. Challenge 1: Information Overwhelm Let's face the facts. Your audience is overloaded, overwhelmed and overworked. If you load a ton of information on your already maxed out audience, what do you think will happen? Not a whole lot!
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Presentation Power - Does Your Audience Hate To Read?
Giving an important presentation? Before you do, ask yourself a simple question: Does your audience hate to read? If everyone seems too busy, too distracted and too short on time to read...find out what can you do about it. Clients, prospects, and employees. Are you hearing the same thing? They hate to read, right? No time to read is the biggest complaint. Have you been getting this from your clients, prospects, and internal groups? My clients sure have. And here's the secret: don't fight it.
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5 Tips For Visual Impact In Marketing Presentations
Big presentation coming up? Are you confident that you visual message is clear and compelling? Visual impact is a key factor in whether your presentation will be a winner. Take a moment right now and ask a single question... Is your message instantly clear? If you have to think too long - more than a couple seconds - the answer is: no. The visual message of your presentation should be immediately obvious. If you are in doubt and think maybe there's something you don't know that you should - use these 5 tips to give your presentation a quick visual tune up.
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Presentation Round Up - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Looking to stand out in the crowd? Yet still need to 'fit in' to the corporate culture, norms and standards for business presenting? Don't fret. You're not alone. Millions of people grapple with this tough dilemma. You want to be different, cutting-edge and radical. But you don't want to alienate your boss, clients or prospects. Hey, what's the right thing to do?
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