As Shakespeare wrote in "The Merchant of Venice," "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

Start with the solution to their problem, briefly talk about yourself for credibility, and then give them a reason to care. Begin your presentation with a hook or a story — something that grabs ...

If you want to hear the details, the title has done its job. Attention-grabbing business presentations often start with the big picture, too. For example, when Steve Jobs introduced the first ...

Presentations and Conversations That Get Results ... "You need to put the art in the start, the most important part of the work." That's a tall order for any speaker - and it requires us to ...