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How to Make Your Stories More Visual

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October 2, 2018 //  by Kevin Karschnik//  Leave a Comment

Patricia Fripp once said to me, “Craig, people will not remember what you say as much as they will remember what they see when you say it.” In other words, we have to make our speeches very visual in order to have the deepest impact. Here are 3 ways to accomplish this: 1) Put your …

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Category: Communication, Presentations

Eliminating the Eye-Chart

July 2, 2018 //  by Kevin Karschnik//  Leave a Comment

“Visuals should be used to enhance an audience’s understanding of a concept, not used as cue cards.” – William Kreiger I am sitting in an elementary school lunch room with several dozen other parents listening to the Parent Teacher Association give an accounting of the previous year’s projects and expenses.  Like most presentations, this one …

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Category: Presentations

Death by Coconut

June 6, 2018 //  by Kevin Karschnik//  1 Comment

We hear a lot about “Death by PowerPoint” (a business phenomenon caused by poor design and delivery of slides). However, in the last 50 years, there are more documented deaths (8) that occurred from coconuts falling from trees and striking people on the head, than people dying during a PowerPoint presentation (0). Maybe we should …

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Category: Communication, PresentationsTag: communication, Presentation Skills, visual aids

Blank Slide Syndrome

January 3, 2018 //  by Kevin Karschnik//  1 Comment

Tomorrow you are presenting an overview of the project you are working on to the entire department. You blame your workload as the reason you procrastinated until the last minute to start preparing for the presentation. You open the company PowerPoint template, choose File/Save As, name your presentation, and begin your masterpiece. The title slide …

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Category: PresentationsTag: communication, Presentation Skills, public speaking

Lasting Impressions for Presentation Endings

November 4, 2017 //  by Kevin Karschnik//  Leave a Comment

The last thing you say just might be the most remembered; therefore, the closing is probably the most crucial factor of a presentation. Is it okay to end with a question and answer session? Should you end with a good story? Should you just smile and sit down? Learn how to close your presentation using a proven formula that will help your audience remember what your delivered.

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Category: Presentations

The Best You Can Be

August 1, 2017 //  by Kevin Karschnik//  Leave a Comment

There is no graduation date for a business professional. Success begins with a commitment to continuous improvement and an expectation of accomplishment. Information, combined with Inspiration and Implementation will lead to Improvement. How do you move from knowing to applying? How can you shift from willing to doing? How can you make certain that you are consistently improving your abilities?

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Category: Coaching, Customer Service

Congruent Communication

May 17, 2017 //  by Kevin Karschnik//  2 Comments

“The single biggest problem with communication … is the illusion that it has been accomplished.” – George Bernard Shaw Many years ago I played for a coach who used a technique to motivate players through fear.  He would produce this fear by using verbal, visual and vocal communication. His face strained, his face flushed, eyes …

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Category: Coaching, Communication, LeadershipTag: communication, leadership

Where do you want to go?

January 3, 2017 //  by Kevin Karschnik//  Leave a Comment

The mind has the capability to imagine and picture accomplishments as if they had already been achieved. The more focused and detailed your goal, the greater the sense of reality in your mind on achieving certain objectives.

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Category: Coaching, Leadership

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