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    Check Your Zipper! Priceless Advice for What to do When You are the Center of Attention
    Check Your Zipper! Priceless Advice for What to do When You are the Center of Attention
    Check Your Zipper! Priceless Advice for What to do When You are the Center of Attention
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    Check Your Zipper! Priceless Advice for What to do When You are the Center of Attention

    By Ken Lodi

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    When great ideas are poorly presented, they are perceived as bad ideas! From small meetings to larger venues, Check Your Zipper addresses the often-overlooked aspects of communication that affect your credibility and professionalism. Gain a competitive advantage, distinguish yourself from others in a variety of situations, and make more money. See you at the center of attention!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKen Lodi
    Release dateJul 17, 2010
    ISBN9781466050105
    Check Your Zipper! Priceless Advice for What to do When You are the Center of Attention
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    Ken Lodi

    Ken Lodi is an author, speaker, and consultant with two decades of experience speaking to a breadth of clients in five countries. He has stood before 2,500 assembled audiences sharing his expertise on the subjects of Talent Development, Communication and Productivity skills. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.

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      Check Your Zipper! Priceless Advice for What to do When You are the Center of Attention - Ken Lodi

      Check Your Zipper!

      Priceless Advice for

      What to do When You Are the Center of Attention

      By Kenneth J. Lodi

      Smashwords Edition © 2010 Kenneth J. Lodi

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system -- except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine, newspaper, or on the web -- without permission in writing from Kenneth J. Lodi

      ISBN 0-9646523-3-1

      Cover image Copyright © www.DigitalDonna.com

      Table of Contents

      1. Introduction

      2. Power Seats

      3. Found in Translation

      4. Chatter Matters

      5. Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself

      6. First Impressions Last

      7. A Million Dollar Minute

      8. Common Threads

      9. The Brevity Remedy

      10. Tell Me More

      11. The PowerPoint Myth

      12. Mention Your Intention

      13. Trim the Hedge

      14. Super-Modeling

      15. The Thirty Minute Hour

      16. The Opposite Effect

      17. Clip-o-Maniac

      18. No Jokes, Folks

      19. Clothing Rapport

      20. Play off their Payoff

      21. Imitate, then Innovate

      22. Middle, Beginning, and End

      23. Cue Cards

      24. Metaphors Be With You

      25. Wing it or Win it

      26. The Decision in Favor of Revision

      27. Cut to the Chase

      28. I Do That?

      29. You’re Gonna Flip

      30. What to Say, What to Leave

      31. Clean Up Your Act

      32. Hone Your Tone

      33. Know Means Know

      34. Presentation Rhythm

      35. Preparation Improves Presentation

      36. A Division of Labor

      37. The Real Article

      38. Worry About It

      39. Set’em Up Joe

      40. The Audiovisual Ritual

      41. Stand and Deliver

      42. Powerful Punctuation

      43. You Can’t Hide

      44. Timing is Everything

      45. Prepare to Compare

      46. Rebel Without a Pause

      47. What They See Trumps What We Say

      48. Questions and Queries

      49. A Breach in Speech

      50. The Close Makes the Man

      Introduction

      Check Your Zipper was conceived during a phone conversation with a colleague. We both had years of experience teaching presentation skills to a breadth of clientele. We were looking for something different to offer people who had grown too familiar with presentation standards—the Dale Carnegie material that, although valid, didn’t share the other, often overlooked, side of presenting.

      Experience taught me that most managers in organizations were not seeking the platform skills of a professional speaker. They were also not hindered by the basics of controlling nervousness and preparation. They were hindered by delivery factors that were easy to control, but often overlooked. Solid presentations were undermined by the glaring light behind the speaker that cast them in silhouette; the open door at the back of the room that allowed hallway clamor to disrupt and distract; or the PowerPoint slide that projected above the screen and onto the ceiling. I thought of an imaginary scenario that summed it up: Nice speech--next time, check your zipper.

      Check Your Zipper captures the familiar situations we’ve all experienced and winced at because they are so avoidable—like a serious conversation with someone who has spinach lodged in their teeth. This isn’t a book about hygiene, but the little things that delineate good from flop. These fifty chapters succinctly address the factors that significantly enable and polish a good presentation of any size to any-sized audience.

      Anything that goes right or wrong while you speak falls on your shoulders and affects your performance. I have presented during five good-sized earthquakes, power-outages, fire alarms, a waiter dropping a tray of desserts, and a Bunsen burner cooking an empty coffee urn. These events are rare, but do happen. Aside of the anomaly, I wrote this book to address the controllable details that often affect a good performance, and allow you to shine in front of others when it matters most.

      Humor, your introduction, and even where you sit at the conference table, influence how you are perceived. Here is a compilation of concepts to consider before and during your next presentation. Treat these ideas like a set of golf clubs: you won’t use every club each time you play the game, but when the circumstances call for a skill or tactic, you have the right one to get you out of trouble, or advance the game. Embrace the challenge of effective communication—it’s the way you relate, succeed, and get paid…

      See you at the center of attention!

      Power Seats

      When you prepare for a meeting at a client’s or colleague’s boardroom, take the seat that creates an authoritative presence. Don’t hip-check the CEO and dive on the desired chair, but, diplomacy and politics aside, if you want your ideas respected, select the seat that subconsciously shows listeners your confidence, and command presence.

      I visited a client and made a pitch before eight people, but inherited the low seat toward the end of the long conference table. It’s tough to appear credible when your chin is resting on the table. (I look for a chair that is

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