Did you know that most people tune out of presentations at 9 minutes 59 seconds? It's true, not matter how good you are this is when adults attention spans start to wobble! In this episode of Once Upon a Slide Russell gives you 5 tips that will help you grab your audiences attention and keep it throughout the presentation. For more help and advice on how to deliver better presentations contact [email protected]

This episode is a recording of Russell delivering a great webinar for Prezi on the Dos and Don'ts of conversational presenting. It focuses on the planning and preparation steps you should take in order to create the best conversational Prezi presentation possible. For more presentation tips go to www.theprezenter.com

Data is crucial to making the right business decisions but many people struggle to present their data in meaningful and engaging ways. In this episode we focus on 3 ways you can present data that will increase audience engagement and make sure your important findings get heard. For more presentation tips go to www.theprezenter.com

We've all been there. You've got a presentation to give, you know your content but you have zero time to find the right visuals and make it look visually appealing for your audience. So you run to Google images, search for something, slap it on your slides, and voila you're done. In this episode we talk about how dangerous that could be for your presentation, and the financial consequences you might receive for using images that have copyright against them. Learn how to install some simple add-ins into your PowerPoint software that give you royalty free images of the highest quality. For more great presentation tips go to www.theprezenter.com

In this episode Russell explains how to structure your presentations so that they have a clear objective, key messages, and a solid platform to help your audiences go on a journey with you. This great analogy can be applied to presentations of any kind. It will save you time and help you build more effective presentations that get remembered. If you enjoy the content PLEASE leave us a review.

Stella Collins is the author of Neuroscience for Learning and Development, Creative Director of Stellar Learning and founder of the Brain Friendly Learning Group. In this great conversation, we talk about how Neuroscience can help you make your presentations more sticky. By 'sticky' we mean memorable and engaging, and presentations that leave your audience with new neural pathways i.e. knowledge. To make this episode an absolute must listen for all aspiring presenters we asked Stella to introduce her wonderful LEARNS model which she has developed to help learning and development professionals create better training. Everything in the model can easily be applied to the art of presenting and we are sure you'll get tonnes of useful info from listening to this. You can reach out to Stella on Linkedin, and she is on twitter as well @stellacollins And grab a free chapter of her book here: http://stellarlearning.co.uk/neuroscience-for-learning-development-chapter-1-download/

In this episode we explore one of the biggest creative blockers that you probably don't even know exists! Fixedness is the description given for a fixed mindset that only see's a single fixed function for a particular product or service. Once you know about the different types of fixedness it is much easier to step outside of the fixed mindset and generate creative ideas that could improve your business in so many ways. The tips shared in this episode can be applied to presentation design, but will have a wider impact across your whole business. To help you break out of a fixed mindset join us in our creative challenge throughout July. Every day we'll be tweeting a picture of a random object that we want you to come up with different uses for. This simple exercise will allow you to flex your creative muscles and apply the same strategy to your own business products, services, and processes. Follow us on https://twitter.com/ThePrezenter and use #CreativeChallenge to get involved.

After a very busy week, working on some fantastic Prezi, PowerPoint and animation designs with a bunch of great clients, Russell takes you on a brief journey of how the Prezenter team came together and how it all started back in 2011. Russell is interviewed by Shaun Weston from ‘Media Will Eat Itself’ a podcast that showcases the people behind modern content creation. Shaun asks Russell where businesses are going wrong with their presentations and Russell discusses his effective branding strategy ‘to give more and expect less’. Russell also explains how he first became involved with the Prezi software in his role as a training consultant, writing one of the first books about Prezi and the steps he took to leave his full-time job and start the Prezenter. We hope you enjoy this episode. Don’t forget to subscribe for a weekly dose of design advice for non-creatives and in-depth interviews with experts across all platforms.

This week we had the pleasure of interviewing one of our favourite professional speakers, David McQueen. David lights up the stage with his confident presentation style and never fails to engage audiences both big and small. In this fantastic discussion, we explore how to present with confidence, how to handle the pressure of presenting, whether anyone can be a confident speaker and how to practice and prepare for your presentation. We also hear some useful insights into what techniques are best suited to remain calm on stage and David explains his secret to successful public speaking. “Practice makes Permanent!” This is a fun and informative conversation that presenters and public speakers of all levels will appreciate.

Presenting can often be a daunting, stressful and nerve-wracking experience. This week Russell shares some of his best tips, to not only overcome but avoid falling foul to the pressure of presenting. From making sure you are organised, to plan time into your diary for practicing through your presentation enough times that you are comfortable, to setting out a clear core objective for your presentation this episode will set you on the right track for the next time you are stood up in front of 2, 10 or 100 people. If you have any tips that help you prepare for big presentations please comment and share them with us. Also remember to subscribe for weekly presentation tips from our team of presentation experts.