Famous Speakers Presentation Strategies

• Bill Gates presentation style

  

  Catching attention with an interesting statement , to build connection with your audience Using gestures S...

  This 10 Minute TED Talk by Bill Gates Will Teach You Everything You Need to Know About Presenting

• Cite examples

  

  When you speak about an idea or process to your audience, you know exactly what you're talking about. But the audienc...

  This 10 Minute TED Talk by Bill Gates Will Teach You Everything You Need to Know About Presenting

• Ask effective questions

  

  When you make a statement to your audience, they're passive. Asking questions gets them involved mentally, making the...

  This 10 Minute TED Talk by Bill Gates Will Teach You Everything You Need to Know About Presenting

• Gestures animate a speech

  Emphatic gestures : express feeling and conviction; Descriptive gestures : help express action, or to show dimension ...

  This 10 Minute TED Talk by Bill Gates Will Teach You Everything You Need to Know About Presenting

• Steve Jobs' presentation style

  

  A "Tweet-friendly headline"  that summarises the product you're presenting: e.g.: "iPod: One thousand songs...

  7 Things Steve Jobs Can Teach Us About Delivering a Powerful Presentation

• Tweet-friendly headlines

  Steve Jobs's intro sentences were so great because they clearly outlined what the product did while creating int...

  7 Things Steve Jobs Can Teach Us About Delivering a Powerful Presentation

• Tailor to the audience

  Whether you're networking or presenting, it's important to realize that it should never be a one-sided conversation. ...

  7 Things Steve Jobs Can Teach Us About Delivering a Powerful Presentation

• 3 elements of a persuasive presentation

  ... that are core to making it a success, according to  Aristotle: Persuasion requires appealing to ethos (trust...

  Sheryl Sandberg Mastered 3 Presentation Skills in 3 Minutes. And You Can, Too

• Sheryl Sandberg and the importance of an engaged audience

  From sharing a company's successes and telling a powerful personal story to using meaningful data and citing the expe...

  Sheryl Sandberg Mastered 3 Presentation Skills in 3 Minutes. And You Can, Too

• Sheryl Sandberg presentation techniques

  

  Involving the audience intellectually and emotionally from the start . Her questions required people to particip...

  Sheryl Sandberg Mastered 3 Presentation Skills in 3 Minutes. And You Can, Too

• Michelle Obama and the appeal to emotions

  

  Michelle Obama displays the art of evoking the generative emotions of hope and optimism in her audience. Her approac...

  The Michelle Obama Speaking Technique You Can't Afford to Ignore

• The feelings economy

  People make decisions for emotional reasons, and justify them with rational ones. So if you want to influence a...

  The Michelle Obama Speaking Technique You Can't Afford to Ignore

• What makes Obama's speeches memorable

  

  Transcendence . By using concrete and tangible language, he can transport audiences to another place and actually pai...

  Barack Obama: A Master Class in Public Speaking [Video]

• Oprah's presentation technique

  

  Start with a story : It illustrates shared values. Be personal and vulnerable . Give credit to others : Sharing ...

  Oprah Just Gave A Master Class in Public Speaking. Here's What CEOs Should Learn From It