Successful Speaking for Technical Professionals

46. How to Project Confidence and Executive Presence in Your Presentations


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"There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas."   -- Susan Cain, American author, lecturer, and former lawyer.

 

Your ability to project confidence and executive presence is vital to your presentations and your career.

Audiences engage more with speakers who are confident in their material and delivery.

This podcast suggests three ways to do this.


References 

  • Goman, Carol Kinsey. The Silent Language of Leaders: How Body Language Can Help—or Hurt—How You Lead. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2011. Carol Kinsey Goman is an executive coach, leadership consultant, and internationally recognized expert on body language in business. 
  • Cuddy, Amy. Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2015. Amy Cuddy is a social psychologist, former professor at Harvard Business School, and researcher specializing in nonverbal behavior and presence. 
  • Duarte, Nancy. Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2010. Nancy Duarte is a communication expert, CEO of Duarte, Inc., and author specializing in presentation design and leadership communication. 
  • Gallo, Carmine. Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2014. Carmine Gallo is a communication coach, keynote speaker, and bestselling author on leadership communication and presentation skills. 
  • Morgan, Nick. Power Cues: The Subtle Science of Leading Groups, Persuading Others, and Maximizing Your Personal Impact. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2014. Nick Morgan is a communication theorist, keynote speaker, and founder of Public Words, a communications consulting firm. 
  • Molinsky, Andy. Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge, and Build Confidence. New York, NY: Avery, 2017. Andy Molinsky is a professor of organizational behavior at Brandeis University and an expert in leadership, confidence, and professional behavior. 
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Successful Speaking for Technical ProfessionalsBy Frank DiBartolomeo