525: Delivering Presentations with Presence and Confidence with Christine Clapp

Christine Clapp shares best practices for preparing and delivering engaging presentations.

 

You'll Learn:

1) The most common mistake in presentation preparation

2) The five S’s of confident speakers

3) How to eliminate filler words

 

About Christine:

Christine Clapp is the author of Presenting at Work: A Guide to Public Speaking in Professional Contexts and the president of Spoken with Authority, a Washington, D.C.-based presentation skills consultancy that includes a team of six expert coaches. Through training programs and coaching engagements, Christine and her team help professionals at law firms, corporations, associations, and non-profit organizations build the confidence to connect and the capacity to lead.

Christine holds two degrees in communication: a bachelor’s degree from Willamette University, and a master’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. She also taught public speaking to undergraduate and graduate students at The George Washington University for thirteen years.

• Christine’s book: Presenting at Work: A Guide to Public Speaking in Professional Contexts, with Bjørn F. Stillion Southard
• Tool: Speech Outline Tool
• Christine’s website: SpokenWithAuthority.com
• Christine’s Twitter: @christineclapp
• Christine’s LinkedIn: Christine Clapp

 

Resources mentioned in the show:

• Article: “How the Voice Persuades” by Alex B. Van Zant and Jonah Berger
• Book: Rhetoric by Aristotle
• Book: “Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences by Nancy Duarte
• Book: slide:ology: The ARt and Science of Creating Great Presentations by Nancy Duarte
• Book: Full Voice: The Art and Practice of Vocal Presence by Barbara McAfee
• Book: Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds by Carmine Gallo
• Book: TED Talks: The Official Guide to Public Speaking by Chris Anderson
• Organization: Toastmasters International
• Sketch: Shy Ronnie, Saturday Night Live (NSFW)
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