Bill Acheson

Titles

Buying Signs: A New ‘Look' at Selling Bill Acheson's first keynote speech is called "Buying Signs: A New ‘Look' at Selling." In it, he examines how skills associated with rapport, personal power, and deception come into play whenever prospects or clients meet face-to-face with sales professionals. The Hidden Message In "Nonverbal Communication: The Hidden Message," Bill Acheson examines how professionals deal with each other on a day-to-day basis and the impact that understanding nonverbal communication can have to enhance their effectiveness. Learn how we communicate both emotional and relationship messages through body language. "The Hidden Message" examines professional and social settings to learn how people use time, space, appearance, posture, gesture, voice, facial expression, eye contact, touch, silence, and even smell to communicate both conscious and subconscious messages. Special attention is given to gender differences and how they may account for some forms of misunderstanding. In this session you will learn strategies to help you to project personal power and speak with greater accuracy and impact, improving your presentation skills. You will also discover techniques to more accurately assess the attitude and intent of those with whom you conduct business. Guerrilla Tactics for Effective Presentations "Guerrilla Tactics for Effective Presentations" provides stand up speaking skills for all types of professionals. In this keynote, Bill Acheson tells you not what to say, but shows you how to say it with impact, style, and an emphasis on personal power. The best presentations are a combination of information and energy. They are the products of speakers who inform, entertain, persuade, and motivate. No longer is "the great orator" the model for an effective speaker. With new developments in technology, speakers need an up-to-date strategy for projecting themselves so that they stand can out to best effect. Guerrilla Tactics examines the skills and techniques needed for improving sales presentations. It examines how to prepare for a sales presentation. Keynote speaker Bill Acheson demonstrates how position, presence, and voice come together to produce a winning performance.