I get this question. Often. One rule of thumb I often hear is "two minutes per slide. That's BS. Here's what I suggest instead.

Today is the longest day of the year. If you're presenting today, don't make it FEEL like the longest day (or two hours) of the year

If you had to draw YOUR organization's innovation funnel, how would it REALLY look? Here are a few I've seen:

"Who benefits the most from this training?" This is a common question I get from clients. My answer often surprises them.

It really helps to come prepared. Have a list of great questions you can ask nearly anyone. What kind of questions? Ones that...

Analogies can be a great way generate interest & provide perspective in a presentation. Here are tips to employ & pitfalls to avoid

Tips for presenting a deck prepared by someone else that you can't alter.

The rush to pursue an idea often leaves out consideration of better ideas or solutions. Here are a few tips to select the right ideas to pur

This week, I am going to take a swipe at answering the questions from Tribe of Mentors. Hopefully it gives some insight into my thought proc

Want your audience to listen, learn, and act on your presentation? Then you need to ditch your bullets for blanks. Save PowerPoint for visua

Something I often hear from people that are typically fearless presenting to clients: Presenting to peers scares the hell out of them.

Do you sound like The Corporate BS Generator (click link)? If the benefit statements in your presentation sounds like buzzwords YOU'RE N

Does your team experience any of these seven symptoms of a sick message strategy? What are the root causes? Need help?

We don't improve until we do something different. What will you do different in 2018?

2017 has been a big, crazy-exciting year for Deliberate Consulting. Thank you everyone! Here's the recap & look at 2018.

It's easy to be overwhelmed by the holidays - it leads to stress. The same is true when your presentation overwhelms your audience - it

Are you really, really good at something? Do you have something you can share that would help others? Become the mentor or coach that someon

We recently ran a pilot course to sharpen the skills of Corporate Storytellers. And it was good. Would love to hear if other Articulus CSW g

Balance competitive advantage and competitive parity in your strategy and innovation efforts.

The lack of (good) ideas usually is NOT the problem. If you don't have the culture, leadership, and structure in place, it's difficu