Did your boss ever tell you on a Friday afternoon that you’re on the agenda for next week’s staff meeting…now a whole whopping 3 days away?

Right after…you’d just been thinking about how great it was going to be to get away for a fun week-end, with arrangements made to use your friends lake cabin…just you and your signicant other?

And did the boss mention that you’ll have 30 minutes to cover the material, including a Q&A section?

How many of you have been in that situation? I know I have.

I also know at this point…you have choices: 1) scrap the week-end plans and toil over a presentation; 2) scribble a couple of notes and do the presentation on the fly next week…not a good idea…but a choice, or; 3) put together a great presentation in less than hour…and go enjoy the week-end!

If you’re thinking about now “Yeah, right…a great presentation in less than an hour…” I want you to consider a new exercise I developed to help me cope with not only quickly putting presentations together…but getting into the mindset of knowing I could present something of value…without having a nervous breakdown!  I call it the Presenter’s Two-Minute Exercise Program! Read More→