Steve Jobs speaking at a press conference for Apple’s iPhone 4. Getty “There’s something in the air.” With these five words, Steve Jobs opened the 2008 Macworld conference. Jobs is often cited as one ...

“Alright, Mike. You go on stage in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1. Go for it!” says the stagehand at DesignThinkers, a major graphic design conference in Toronto, Canada. I walk out on stage, waving to a dark sea ...

When William Shakespeare declared that "All the world's a stage," he could have been talking about business in the 21st century. In a world where electronic communications are ubiquitous, the art of ...

A great presentation is like a gourmet meal. It requires quality ingredients, lots of planning, and careful preparation. But if you’ve never made Boeuf Bourguignon or whipped up a fluffy soufflé, ...

My friend Jeremiah, over at Forrester, really understands social media for brands. Here’s a presentation he gave that I think sums it up. Go where the fish are, he says. Too many startups are trying ...

Over the last several years I've given a few hundred presentations. I like to think I get better each year, but that doesn't happen automatically. As a result of consulting experts and reading a lot ...

Yesterday, I rounded up my favorite PowerPoint tips for 2010. Those tips were designed to help you get the most out of PowerPoint, but there's a lot more to giving a great presentation than just ...

I've heard a ton of people give advice about presentations, and most of it, in my humble opinion, is bad advice. Tips such as "gesture with your hands" are not bad tips, per se, but they aren't geared ...

For the past 10 years, I've done presentations on how to do presentations. Nothing like setting yourself a high bar! I learned to present the hard way. As an undergrad at Cornell, I majored in Design ...