Presenting with Twitter - Free Ebook
The Twitter backchannel is changing the way speakers deliver presentations. Twitter is also changing the way conference planners promote and manage events.What do teachers, trainers, speakers, and conference planners need to know to keep up with these fast-breaking changes?You can find out in a wonderfully written (and totally free!) ebook written by "Speaking About Presenting" blogger Olivia Mitchell. The comprehensive ebook, How to present with Twitter (and other backchannels)

How to Be a Great Audience Member
When I'm presenting live, I look for a friendly face in the audience. I like to focus on attentive, smiling, thoughtful faces. They give out a good energy that I respond to as a presenter.Often, just one friendly audience member can make me a better, more confident presenter.So when it's my turn to be an audience member, I try to pay the good audience vibe forward. I feel that a presenter will do a better job if someone in the audience gives the performer "good face". I try to radiate "positive face energy" to the performer. I make eye contact. I smile and nod at the presenter. If it's supposed to be funny, I'll laugh or giggle.

Halloween Meets the Fear of Public Speaking
Imagine getting this event invitation:"Come to our Halloween party. Dress as your worst fear."I received just such an event invitation a number of years ago. Delighted, I set my mind to the task of what I would wear."Worst fear. Let's see. I'll bet people will come as ghosts, werewolves, monsters, and such. But I'm not really scared of those things... what am I really afraid of?"

Two Tips for Curing the "Trailing So..."
Americans find the word "whatever" annoying.They find it way more annoying than the phrase "you know" and "it is what it is."This factoid comes courtesy of USA Today, as quoted in a recent Marist Poll.Really?As for me, I have trouble with another pervasive verbal tic.I call it "The Trailing So."

Two Ways to Let Your Audience Co-Create Presentation Content
Your audience has the technology. They're carrying smart phones. They have net books or note books.So why not let them use their snazzy tech tools to co-create presentations? Here are two tech-driven ways to let your audience co-create presentation content.PollEverywhere. Audience interactivity is a big part of the draw of PollEverywhere. You ask your audience a question; they can answer using Twitter, text messages, or the web. The PollEverywhere online service instantly tabulates audience survey result