“ Improvement is achieved by the ripple effect of a few simple changes in approach, attitude, or habit. Dale Ludwig
“ A successful presentation needs to be both buttoned up (orderly) and free-flowing (a conversation). The tension between the two, the fact that both things are happening at once, defines the process. Dale Ludwig
“ During the first few minutes of your presentation, your job is to assure the audience members that you are not going to waste their time and attention. Dale Ludwig
“ In 7.81 square miles of vaunted black community, the 850 square feet of Dum Dum Donuts was the only place in the community where one could experience the Latin root of the word, where a citizen could… Paul Beatty
“ Her favorite stepping-aside technique was to lay out a dizzying mountain of complex steps and then pronounce the conclusion self-evident. Excuse me? Things that are self-evident don't need you or the… Charlotte Beers
“ A recent survey of Top Five Fears places public speaking alongside “identity theft” and “mass shootings.” In the 1980s, it completed with “nuclear destruction.” In the 1970s, “shark attack. John Capecci and Timothy Cage
“ Just as you can’t rehearse your way to success, you can’t design your way there either. Dale Ludwig
“ We should just stop calling these things presentations altogether. Everyone gets hung up on that word. Wouldn’t it be easier to just call them conversations? That’s really what they are. Dale Ludwig
“ When preparing a presentation, it’s never a good idea to begin with a rule. If you do, you’re focusing on the appearance of good delivery and not the effect of it. Dale Ludwig
