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Designing a powerful, exciting workshop only seems daunting. After 25 years of designing workshops and training a couple of thousand presenters to be their most effective, I'd like to pass some of that information along.

Revamping, Repurposing, Recycling and Relaxing 

How many ways can YOU use that idea?

One of the most prolific writers I have ever met taught me about the joys of recycling. No, not newspapers and cardboard boxes - ideas. He started his writing career by taking tiny chunks - a few paragraphs, a single concept - out of his doctoral dissertation and turning them into conference presentations. These went into the conference proceedings. Two for the work of one! Then he expanded them into articles. Three! Then he put together a collection of related ideas to form a book. Four! Then, of course, he went out to speak about his book, jotted down some notes from the conversations that came up, and, yes - turned those into articles.

It turns out that the secret of being really prolific is not necessarily having a constant stream of new ideas. It has more to do with adopting a "waste not, want not" attitude to what you already have.

So write those blog posts. And when you have enough of them create a short e-book. And use them as teleclasses. And record them as podcasts. And put them on your website for members only. And turn them into e-courses. Or workbooks. Or live events.

Never use anything only once. Combine ideas to make bigger products. Divide them up to make short presentations. Be like a quilter and make creative use of all the scraps.

Speak & Stand Out 

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A collection of suggestions, ideas and assorted writings about workshop development and presentations.

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Looking for advice? Sources for materials? Graphics? Start here.
Presentation Helper
The seven sins of visual presentations, including bullet points
How to Conquer Public Speaking Fear
Tips from a stress management expert on overcoming your fear of public speaking.
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Design Winning Workshops
Learn how to create on-hour workshops to increase your credibility and visibility. Expand the concept to full-day programs that wil broaden your client base.
Presenters University
Here you'll find lots of FREE stuff to put Wow! in all your presentations. Try free presentation software and download any of our many free PowerPoint templates or Corel masters. Read hundreds of articles from presentation experts, purchase the latest presentation books and even Ask the Professor your most perplexing presentation software questions.
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