Communicating Executive Confidence
Some hard truths about communicating even when you don’t have all the answersWhether speaking to clients, colleagues, or the general public, there’s a tendency for speakers to follow the adage…
Some hard truths about communicating even when you don’t have all the answersWhether speaking to clients, colleagues, or the general public, there’s a tendency for speakers to follow the adage…
(A Shameless pitch for executive coaching)Yes, I know. Your teams are stretched thin, you've all got too much on your plate, and you see communicating about what you're doing as…
On A recent Price of Business show, Host Kevin Price visited with Aileen Pincus of the Pincus Group. Corporate communications may feel like a damned if you do, damned if you…
Written by Aileen Pincus We’re all a bit out of practice now in delivering presentations and briefings in person. As we begin leaving our ZOOM meetings behind though,…
Zooming in on successful communications Your business presentations probably look quite a bit different now, as virtual communications become a necessity. While we wait for a return to more “normal”…
**Update** As of July 12, 2018, it was announced John Schnatter is stepping down as Chief of the Board of Directors, but will remain on the board. You don’t have…
What sets the best presentations and briefings apart from the mediocre ones? It’s the presenter of course. No amount of slides and no script can do what the presenter themselves…
At the Pincus Group, we know better than to try and talk clients out of using their slides when making presentations. At many (if not most) organizations, presentations have simply…
Briefing, noun brief·ing \ˈbrē-fiŋ\: an act or instance of giving precise instructions or essential information. As usual, Webster's definition is a useful starting point for helping us focus on the…
During every coaching session, the question is sure to come up. “Do I have to to use PowerPoint in my presentation?” PowerPoint has become almost synonymous in some circles with the modifier “boring”, but that’s not the fault of the tool. It reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of that tool’s purpose.
Before you toss the tool, ask yourself whether you’ve been using it effectively. Are your slides packed with text? Is the point of each slide difficult to follow? Are the slides chiefly there to help you communicate your points? Are you using your slides both as presentation tools and as handouts for the audience to read and refer to later?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may not be using PowerPoint very effectively. Remember, if your audience can see and hear you, you need to be communicating differently than if you sent your information in an email, or mailed out printed material. Oral communication demands something different from both the presenter and the presentation. (more…)