One More Thing

Everyone has tips and tricks when it comes to pitching and presenting. As I mentioned earlier, there are hundreds of books, blogs, and articles focused on presentation skills from experts all over the world. I have quoted or made reference to many of them in this book. However, one of my favorites is by a fictional character from a sitcom from way back in the early 1970s—The Brady Bunch. Jan Brady had to give a presentation to her entire school and was very nervous. Her father, Mike Brady told his daughter to picture the audience wearing only underwear when she had to be on stage. While it goes against my cardinal rule of respecting the audience, it is a funny reminder that the audience members are just people, who like you and ...

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