Are you a business or nonprofit leader who's being asked to give increasingly abbreviated presentations?
Are you finding your speaking slots shrinking from 60 minutes... to 30 minutes... to 5 minutes?
Are you struggling to fit your content and engagement into smaller and smaller containers?
If so... you can breathe a sigh of relief. My new public speaking class has got you covered!
"This was a great re-set for my brain about being concise and being focused." ~Marni Brook
My brand-new workshop will show you exactly how to...
● Get crystal clear on your presentation's purpose
● Determine your most critical core points
● Develop a tight structure
● Plan your interactions and timing
● Prepare to adapt on the fly
...for a concise, crisp and compelling presentation that inspires your audience to take action without doing a brain dump, being long-winded and verbose, or stealing your audience's precious time.
The last thing you want is for your audience to turn off their camera and mic, and go do the dishes with your presentation on in the background.
But if you're used to winging it, preparing at the last minute, or going over your time... you're going to struggle with five-minute speaking slots!
Micro presentations are unique, and you have to approach them differently, with careful preparation, practice and razor-sharp timing.
If you think five minutes is too condensed for you to say what you need to say, it's time to rethink your approach!
"Inspiring and informative!"
~Breeda Miller
Participants' #1 takeaways:
"Don't try to condense longer content into something smaller." Nicole Raden
"Leave time for the unexpected." Marni Brook
"Engage the audience and connect with emotion no matter how short the presentation." Emma Anderson
"I appreciate the permission to NOT learn a script. I always feel it's helpful to write one and then feel like I'm cheating for not rehearsing it." Kate MacNaughton
"Build more structure." Cathi Allen
"Build the cushion." Isis Castaneda
"Flexibility is key." Thecia Jenkins
For 15 
years, I've been providing corporate training to a wide range of companies and nonprofits, and coaching nonprofit leaders to pitch their programs to raise funds. During these training days, the attendees are asked to give 3-minute presentations for practice and feedback.
And inevitably I get asked the big question:
Why can't we have more time?
And I'm only being partially sarcastic when I respond "If I give you four, you'll want five. If I give you five, you'll want six. Where does it end?"
Here's the thing. If you want to make an important point, you can make it in an hour, with a lot of supporting details and evidence and persuasion. You can also do it in five minutes or three minutes or one minute, with fewer supporting details, evidence and persuasion.
You just have to know how. And this is what I'm going to teach you in this micro-speaking class.
"Really wonderful presentation."
~ Cathy Diorio
It's time to get rid of
The fat:
Extraneous stories, activities, slides and content that might be juicy, but don't fit
The flat:
Statistics, data, your life history, and anything dry that's going to put your audience to sleep
The fluff:
Content that's there just for the sake of entertainment but will waste precious seconds
"Great tips! Love the reminder to map out a plan and that you can still engage and connect with the audience whether giving a 5-minute or 45-minute presentation."
~ Barbara Baron
Here are the top three problems I see tripping up speakers when it comes to micro-presentations:
- They don’t have a tight structure. Their ideas are all over the place and they don't lead their audience down a clear path to a desired result.
- They don’t know how to edit. They're still trying to fit everything they know into a tiny container. And no, this isn't an excuse to talk faster!
- They don’t practice properly. They have no idea how long their presentation is going to be because they haven't built in the necessary time cushions, and they end up going long.
I'm not saying surgical precision is 
required, but you will need to be more precise than you're used to in your longer presentations.
Furthermore, you still want to engage and interact with your audience, right? Just because the presentation is compact doesn't mean it should be dreary.
"Well worth the 3:30 a.m. alarm!"
~Trish Jenkins (joining from Australia)
Like all meaningful and memorable presentations—the ones where the audience feels inspired to take action and motivated to create change—micro-presentations can be powerful, funny, entertaining, moving, illuminating, instructional and persuasive.
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