Spring is SUPPOSED to be right around the corner. Now is the time to brush up on your PowerPoint and presentation skills. Tom has some great new information to help you put your best public face forward.
Stop putting off this important learning. The competition is strong. Your presentations need to be stronger!
Today's "Speaker Tip" is from
Tom's new book, Snooze-Proof Your Presentations & 10 Things I Hate About PowerPoint, is available now through PayPal. This is the perfect guide for the person who has to deliver effective and engaging oral and PowerPoint presentations.
"I shall now call you Sensei" (D. Marquet, Retired USN Nuclear Submarine Captain, Laurel, FL)
We have gotten wonderful feedback about your presentation. (Horizon Science Academy, Toledo, OH)
Tom's in-depth Presentation Coaching Programs are making believers of business people all over the region.
"Snooze-Proof Your Presentations & 10 Things I Hate About PowerPoint" is a powerful presentation coaching program helping executives and associates become experts at delivering their message in an exciting and engaging manner and it's helping companies close sales in higher numbers than ever.
"Five Steps to More Effective Communications" is a fun, interactive action seminar that introduces associates to easy and fun ways to become better listeners and more effective communicators.
"The Amazing Leadership & Teambuilding Challenge" is a great group event that immerses the participants in a fun game (think Survivor meets The Amazing Race) which allows each of them to use all of their communication and teambuilding skills as well as their knowledge of current events, popular culture, history and a variety of other subjects to successfully complete a series of challenges and win the game. If you're looking for a fun and effective teambuilding event, this is it!
What TomMeansBusiness.com can do for you
I offer a variety of training/coaching programs, seminars, lectures, leadership and teambuilding events and interactive workshops tailored specifically to the needs of each individual organization. I emphasize the connection between the skills taught in these programs and the use of those skills in an everyday business setting.
How does it work?
When an organization contacts me with a request for service, I start a dialogue to determine exactly what that organization's needs are and the best approach to address those needs. I learn as much as I can about the background, culture and practices of the contracting organization and then create an appropriate program to meet those requirements.
Because of the flexibility of my programs, I can facilitate all sizes of audience from individual coaching to groups of 100 or more with offerings ranging from an hour long presentation to events lasting several days.
In addition, my Elite and Platinum Coaching Programs are in-depth offerings lasting up to twelve months which focus on improving oral and PowerPoint presentations.
What results can be expected?
It has been proven that individuals retain more when the training is fun and the message is delivered with humor. With all my offerings, the emphasis is on coaching delivered with humor.
My coaching programs result in improvements to an organization's bottom line. This is achieved through improved interpersonal commuications skills, enhanced teamwork and more effective presentations. I'll design a program custom
tailored for your organization.
Contact me for more information or to
arrange a consultation or an event.
Call 877.501.3456 or email Tom (Tom@TomMeansBusiness.com)
for more information or to schedule Tom for a presentation seminar, coaching program or action seminar.
Tom hangs with Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), Bill Dorfman - Dentist to the Stars, and James Malinchak (ABC's Secret Millionaire) in LA.
The first 40 seconds of this are intentionally bad so hang in there until the "real" presentation begins. This is a sample of Tom's seminar - "Snooze-Proof Your Presentations/Ten Things I Hate About PowerPoint" Presented at THRAC, November 2009
in Toledo, Ohio (double-click for a larger view)
Tom uses videotaped presentations as a coaching tool in his Platinum, Elite, Tailored and MasterClass Coaching Programs.
The first 20 seconds of this are intentionally bad so hang in there until the "real" presentation begins. This is a sample of Tom's seminar - "Five Steps to More Effective Communications" Presented at a Human Resources conference.
Tom delivers his presentation "Hi, I'm Tom and I'm a Failure-holic" to a class at Owens Community College at its Maumee, Ohio campus.