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The massive shift to remote work has driven millions of people into one of their most dreaded situations: appearing on camera. Fortunately, it’s not as intimidating as you might think. In this video, I’ll share some simple tips I’ve learned in more than three decades of working in television when it comes to working on camera. Job one: know where to look and when to look there. If you are speaking, look at the camera If someone else is speaking, … Continue reading
Email me your number one professional communication challenge during isolation: gerry@sanduskygroup.com. Pretty good chance you didn’t think Spring would look like this. None of us did. But here we are. The immediate future looks wildly uncertain. And while I firmly believe we will get through this, I also believe we will step into a very different future than any of us anticipated at the start of the year. If we take a creative approach we can create success out of … Continue reading
You put a lot of work into your presentations. And technology should help to make your life and your presentations easier to prepare, to practice, and to perform. Should. But sometimes it doesn’t. And it really isn’t technology’s fault. It’s our fault. We all make the mistake of thinking all technology will make everything easier. Sometimes it just doesn’t work that way. There are a couple of technology tools you should avoid using when it comes to your presentations. In … Continue reading
Your time becomes more valuable the busier you get. And there’s a pretty good chance you are busier now than you were three, five, or ten years ago. We all are. That includes nearly every person in the audience of your next presentation. Your audience doesn’t have any more time to waste than you do. And you are competing for your audience’s attention, a nearly constant fight against time and the myriad of things they can do with their limited … Continue reading
There’s a fine line—and sometimes no line at all—between Powerpoint that follow a standardized approach and Powerpoint that have no connection to each other in an organization. Too much standardization gets boring. No connection gets confusing. In the video above, I’ll help you and your organization find the sweet spot between lockstep rigid following of rules and presentations that are all over the map. It all comes down to following a few principles instead of following an endless list of … Continue reading
Tough conversations challenge everyone. It’s human nature to want to avoid confrontation and difficult situations. But as managers, in order to really get the most out of your people, sometimes you have to have the courage to have the tough conversations. The topics can include underperforming employee, attendance issues, ethical issues, inconsistency, lack of dependability, lack of trust, and a long list that fall squarely in the tough conversation category. You don’t have to like having these conversations to be … Continue reading
Relating to your audience is one of the most important things a presenter must do. Yes, your content is vital. Yes, your presentation style matter. Yes, your multi-media plays an important role. But before any of that can have a real impact, your audience has to connect with you. Influence starts with an emotional connection, a feeling of he or she gets me or gets where I am coming from. To do that, you have to make the effort to … Continue reading
In the old town section of Barcelona, I was on a tour with my wife when I came across this opera singer who wanted to practice in front of a live audience. So she went to the busiest part of town and started practicing, started singing. You can even hear me talking to my wife at the front of the video. She was afraid I was going to fall to far behind our tour (which is why I didn’t shoot … Continue reading