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Posts by Doug Staneart

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Doug Staneart

Doug Staneart is the CEO of The Leader's Institute. LLC and founder of the Fearless Presentations class. He is author of Fearless Presentations, Mastering Presentations, and 28 Ways to Influence People.

Speak Within Your Current Industry
Become a Professional Public Speaker by Speaking within Your Current Industry Podcasts, presentation skills

One of the easiest ways to become a professional public speaker is to speak to groups in your current industry. In this article, we will show you several ways to get paid as a professional speaker without having to change careers. This article is a continuation of our previous article, How to Start a Public Speaking…

Hitching Your Wagon to Another Company
Become a Certified Speaker for an Established Presentation Company Podcasts, presentation skills

We are continuing our series on How to Start a Public Speaking Career. In this session, we will show a shortcut to becoming a certified public speaker. You can do this by working for an organization that is already an established public speaking or facilitation business. While our first post mentioned a wide variety of approaches,…

How to Start a Public Speaking Career
How to Start a Public Speaking Career Podcasts

  Being a professional speaker is a very lucrative and rewarding profession. But if you have never actually made money from speaking before, you may be looking into how to start a public speaking career. As an FYI, the way that I did it is not the ideal way to become a professional speaker. In fact, when I give advice to new speakers,…

3 Simple Ways to Create Better PowerPoint Presentations
3 Simple Ways to Create Better PowerPoint Presentations Free Public Speaking Tips, Podcasts

If you deliver presentations at the office, you’ll often look for ways to create a good PowerPoint presentation…. But let’s face it: most meetings are pretty boring. They are also repetitive. So, if you are a speaker, and you deliver Microsoft PowerPoint slideshows, they can be a challenge. As the speaker, we want to do…

How Many PowerPoint Slides Should You Use in a Presentation
How Many PowerPoint Slides Should You Use in a Presentation? Podcasts, presentation skills

When people ask me how many slides should I use in my presentation, I typically reply very cautiously. Most people make a huge mistake when designing a speech or presentation. They start by designing their slideshow. Then, later, they figure out what they want to say. This technique is backward. Instead, you want to figure…

How to Make a Speech More Interesting 7 Presentation Ideas
How to Make a Speech More Interesting: 7 Presentation Ideas Free Public Speaking Tips, Podcasts

Want to make a speech more interesting? Want to elevate your presentation? Maybe you have written a great presentation, but now you want to make it phenomenal. These seven stellar presentation enhancers will help you make any speech more interesting. In this post, Doug Staneart breaks down his public speaking “Impact Ideas” that can be…