How to Distinguish Yourself in a Panel Discussion

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Standout Orange

Be a Standout Panelist

You’ve been invited to participate in a panel discussion. Congratulations! That automatically designates you as a subject matter expert. Serving as a panelist is good exposure for you and your company. The panel could pair you with other experts you’ve been angling to meet and will enhance your personal brand.

Pre-Planning

Some panelists just show up and wing it. They’re the ones who ramble on and on, ignore the other panelists and aren’t prepared for the inevitable questions from the audience. Those panelists …Read more…

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Using Jargon and Acronyms Can Leave Your Audience in the Dark

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Mumbo jumbo concept.Every industry has its own jargon and acronyms. Jargon is a form of slang, or shorthand, that conveys a specific meaning to the insiders who use it.

Jargon common to all industries such as “think outside the box” or a “win-win situation” are well known, although they don’t show much originality when used by someone making a presentation.

But if a speaker used “kill chain” in his talk would you know that it’s a military term describing the process of identifying and destroying a target? The speaker might be discussing how to overcome the competition and kill chain certainly has a nice ring to it, even if his audience doesn’t know what it means.

The use of jargon …Read more…

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Persuade the Audience to Your Point of View by Solving Their Problems

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Every presentation you ever deliver is designed to persuade the audience to accept your point of view. Can you think of any other reason to make a presentation?

NGAudienceNot to nitpick, but a speech is not a presentation. A speech is a lecture by an authority, such as a researcher delivering the results of a 10-year study of a new drug to a medical association. It’s educational.

Taking that example a step further, a presentation of those results to the FDA would be …Read more…

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Saying “No” Means Never Having to Feel Sorry You Did

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With a nod to the famous quote “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” from the novel and movie “Love Story,” saying NO is one of the hardest things we ever have to do.

The stars Ali McGraw and Ryan O’Neal made that one of the most famous lines in movie history. Here they are:

You need to learn how to say “no” …Read more…

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