--- title: Persuasive Presentations description: Public speaking is an art form. For some, it comes naturally—the voice inflection, the hand gestures, the pace of the presentation. For others, it is work or, worse, mortifying. --- [Dan's Desk](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/author/dan-gallatin) - [lawyer](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/lawyer) - [hugo](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/hugo) - [MN](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/mn) - [law](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/law) - [attorney](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/attorney) - [legal](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/tag/legal) [Subscribe](https://www.gallatin-law.com/blog/persuasive-presentations#) 01/29/2020 # Persuasive Presentations - - - - - [mailto:?subject=Persuasive%20Presentations&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallatin-law.com%2Fblog%2Fpersuasive-presentations](mailto:?subject=Persuasive%20Presentations&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallatin-law.com%2Fblog%2Fpersuasive-presentations) Public speaking is an art form. For some, it comes naturally—the voice inflection, the hand gestures, the pace of the presentation. For others, it is work or, worse, mortifying. What makes a presentation persuasive though? If you're talking to a town hall gathering in Hugo will the same presentation be persuasive to a group in Duluth? In Savannah, Georgia? Maybe, but there's something that is fundamentally necessary to a persuasive presentation: You have to try and be as natural as possible. What I think is natural is that you take on the persona that you find comfortable. The impeachment hearings in the US Senate for example. Some of the speakers were more flamboyant, even wild. Others were more deliberate and structured. Which was more effective? I don't know that either was necessarily more effective, but they were all about as effective as they could have been. Whether the audience agrees or disagrees with the speaker is a whole other can of worms that I'm not getting into today. Whether you're a witness or an advocate or a negotiator, I recommend you don't get hung up on theatrics and hyperbole. I recommend you be you and take your chances from there. 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After graduating from White Bear Lake, Dan spent four glorious years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning a degree in two majors. Dan worked as a Senior Investigator at the Minnesota Department of Commerce for several years after graduating from college. During his final years Dan attended William Mitchell College of Law while still working full-time. During this exhausting 3 ½ year period Dan honed his skills in becoming an efficient, to-the-point legal practitioner. While at Madison Dan met his wife, Tonya, and together they moved to Minnesota to plant their roots. Dan and Tonya have two amazing, unique children and reside in Hugo. ### CONNECT WITH ME - ## Related Posts [05/06/2020 Business Marks: What protection do you have? Branding is an extremely valuable business practice. It separates you from the others, it is literally your identification. 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