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Need to reduce your PowerPoint clutter?

Is PowerPoint a getting in your way and preventing you from fully engaging your audience and moving them to action? Do you feel compelled to add more slides loaded with images and bullets points to safeguard you from forgetting something or losing track of what you wanted to say in the presentation?Sadly, for many business professionals, PowerPoint has become a real crutch, disconnecting them from their audiences and generating painful amounts of unproductive boredom. This is not why we give presentations. There is a better way…
It’s easy to laugh about the problem and not take it seriously
Recognize any of your own PowerPoint bad habits in this amusing video with comedian Don McMillian on Life after Death by PowerPoint?
Shed your bad habits and become a more effective presenter
Becoming a powerful, persuasive, motivated presenter can help boost your career, increase your influence and move you towards becoming the recognized leader in your field. Effective speaking is a valuable and lucrative skill to have. It’s worth investing your time and money in. We can help you can enhance your speaking and presentations skills so that you are better positioned as a leader in your field…and get you the results you need from your next presentation.
Need more encouragement? Click through to view this Video interview with Kathy McAfee on the keys to being a powerful presenter
Consider what might be at stake with your next presentation:
- your career advancement
- a decision you need to move forward
- a sale that will make you more successful
- a new relationship that will help you grow
- influence and recognition
Imagine if you could…
- achieve your desired outcome at your next presentation with greater ease and certainty…
- feel totally confident giving presentations, without having to hide behind the podium or a huge PowerPoint “deck”…
- see yourself being a powerful presenter able to influence and motivate your audiences to action as a result of speaking to them…
Introducing The Motivated Presenter™ training series
The Motivated Presenter is an executive level presentation training program for business leaders who are ready to go from good to great with their presentation skills and confidence. It is designed to immediately improve the impact and outcome from your next presentation or meeting. Unlike other presentation training that you may have taken before, The Motivated Presenter training series is proven to substantially increase the effectiveness of your communication skills to get the desired results from your presentations.
Watch this Video Preview of the Motivated Presenter training program
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Build upon your natural presentation and communications strengths;
- Identify your style issues and develop solutions to minimize potential negative impact;
- Master techniques to better understand, build rapport with and engage your audience;
- Advance your current skills in the art of persuasion;
- Deliver your message more creatively without the use of PowerPoint® software or other technical crutches;
- Motivate your audience to take specific action;
- Seek honest feedback and learn to leverage peer coaching to make you better;
- Bolster your confidence, energy and results the next time you stand and deliver.
What clients are saying…
“The one course taken with you last year has benefited me professionally more than anything else I’ve done in years.” – Diane Eder, CLU, ChFC, Vice President, Head of Sales Technologies, ING Life Sales Support, Minneapolis
“I had an opportunity to attend a two-day executive development seminar presented by Kathy McAfee. Kathy was an excellent motivator with practical ideas that would benefit just about any industry. Attending Kathy’s seminars will result in profound changes to how your key staff looks at inspiring others.” - Charles W. Sellers, CLU, ChFC, Royal Neighors of America
“The results you delivered for me and my team with your presentation program were absolutely fantastic. In fact, your coaching exceeded my expectations and positively influenced my own position in the company.” -Joe Vasile, VP of Sales – USA, ALSTOM Power, Inc.
“Kathy’s techniques are very beneficial in not only keeping your audience’s attention but also gaining their participation. Any speaker would truly benefit from taking this program.” – David Pence, District Director of Agencies, Cotton States Insurance
“The training that I received during “Stand & Deliver” helped focus and provide crystal clarity on the key message. This focus allowed for a stronger message, a stronger format and more structure to my presentations. Once I had that structure, I was able to be even more confident that my message would be clearly understood. Today, my delivery is even stronger. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to provide strong, clear presentations with confidence.” –Rahna Barthelmess, former Senior Brand Manager, LEGO Systems, Inc. now President, Beacon Marketing Group
“Rather than focus on those hard mechanics we have all had drilled into our heads time and time again – Kathy explores the vital softer skills a presenter needs. This takes a presenter from simply “delivering a presentation” to “connecting with an audience on a personal level.” And it is this connection point that makes a presentation truly powerful and persuasive.” - Bob Lichty, Director of Sales, MMA
“The tools that you provided will have an immediate impact on my presentation skills! The 3 secrets that you shared will not only be applicable when I have to do a presentation, they will be a guiding tool for use in any situation with people interactions.”- Jodie Vanbrunt, Director of Business Analysis, Hartford Steam Boiler- HSB
How can you bring The Motivated Presenter training to your team?
- Two-day intensive group training workshops. Choose from Level 1 or Level 2 training series
- New half-day presentation training workshops for time-pressured professionals who need and want to make improvements to their presentation skills and confidence over time.
- Individual private presentation coaching with your choice of focus (planning, design, and/or delivery of an upcoming “high stakes” presentation that is important to you)
- For insurance and financial services professionals, Stand & Deliver is offered through LIMRA International Executive Development program as a corporate on-site program (listed under Powerful Presentations). Contact LIMRA at 800-235-4672 and ask for Sarah Schmidt for more details about the Powerful Presentations workshop program.
- Audio Training CD. Click through to digitally download your own copy Stand & Deliver, the executive presentation training program that will help you reduce your dependence on technical crutches. It includes 73 minutes of audio instruction written and narrated by Kathy McAfee, four down-loadable templates, video clip and the original song Motivation from Mark Shepard).
For More Information
To find out how coaching with America’s Marketing Motivator can help you advance your presentation mastery, please contact Kathy McAfee at (860) 408-0033 and tell us about your specific needs and interests. We’re here to help! Check out our on-site presentation training workshops – we bring the learning to you!


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