Eric Harris

Persuade with Presence

Apr 3, 2026

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7 min read

Other People's Scars

The advice is real. The experience behind it isn't yours.

Eric Harris

PowerPoint Alternatives

Mar 27, 2026

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5 min read

The Tool is not the Work

The rubric has been wrong for forty years

Eric Harris

Persuade with Presence

Mar 20, 2026

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7 min read

We, Not You

One syllable that decides whether your audience follows

Eric Harris

PowerPoint Alternatives

Mar 13, 2026

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6 min read

The Tool That Ate the Room

Your idea deserves respect, not safety.

Eric Harris

Persuade with Presence

Mar 6, 2026

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7 min read

The Presentation Paradox

Selling ideas is difficult. Story isn't easy, but it's the way.

Eric Harris

Persuade with Presence

Feb 27, 2026

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5 min read

Your Idea is a Force of Nature

Start treating it like one.

Eric Harris

Persuade with Presence

You Handed Them a Puzzle and Called it a Pitch

Feb 20, 2026

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6 min read

You Handed Them a Puzzle and Called it a Pitch

Three moments where the habitual, default move can cost you everything.

Eric Harris

Persuade with Presence

Feb 13, 2026

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7 min read

The Real Saboteur

Accepting conventions puts your high-stakes presentations in jeopardy

Eric Harris

Persuade with Presence

Feb 6, 2026

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7 min read

Conversation > Presentation

A true story about decision makers and the pressure from pitching.

Eric Harris

Persuade with Presence

Jan 30, 2026

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7 min read

You Are the Medium Now

When you ditch the deck, your idea travels through you.

Eric Harris

PowerPoint Alternatives

Why Slides Feel Safe (and Why They Fail)

Jan 23, 2026

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7 min read

Why Slides Feel Safe (and Why They Fail)

Half a billion people can’t all be wrong... but they might be stuck.

Eric Harris

Jan 16, 2026

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7 min read

Aesop Knew What's Up

What can we learn from the god-tier fablist?

Eric Harris

Storytelling Techniques

Jan 9, 2026

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6 min read

Looking Back and Forward

Ancient Roman inspiration for your 2026 vision presentation

Eric Harris

PowerPoint Alternatives

Dec 19, 2025

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7 min read

Ditch the Deck. Get to Yes.

How one leader bucked convention for buy-in.

Eric Harris

Storytelling Techniques

The Transaction is the Reward, Not the Goal

Dec 12, 2025

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7 min read

The Transaction is the Reward, Not the Goal

Closing the deal is just proof.

Eric Harris

Leverage Your Environment

Dec 5, 2025

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7 min read

Get Time on Your Side

When you present matters as much as what you present

Eric Harris

Storytelling Techniques

Nov 21, 2025

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9 min read

Get "Butts in Seats" for Your Vision

Tear a page from Hollywood with the Movie Trailer framework.

Eric Harris

Storytelling Techniques

Nov 14, 2025

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4 min read

Boil it Down. Make it Sticky.

Keep it simple (syrup).

Eric Harris

Storytelling Techniques

Nov 7, 2025

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6 min read

Familiarity > Originality

To connect with an audience, don't reinvent the wheel.

Eric Harris

Persuade with Presence

Oct 31, 2025

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7 min read

Don't Cook Dinner in the Dark

Why leaders need a real rehearsal process

Eric Harris

Persuade with Presence

Oct 24, 2025

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5 min read

Demystifying Executive Presence

The elusive characteristic is practice, not polish.

Eric Harris

Storytelling Techniques

Oct 17, 2025

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6 min read

Stop Pitching. Start Quantifying.

3 steps to make your ideas impossible to ignore

Eric Harris

PowerPoint Alternatives

Oct 10, 2025

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6 min read

Are You DeckPendent?

8 truths to help you (and your team) spot the signs and start the recovery.

Eric Harris

Leverage Your Environment

Oct 3, 2025

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5 min read

Make the Environment Your Ally

Great presenters don't leave time, location, or atmosphere to chance.

Eric Harris

Storytelling Techniques

Sep 26, 2025

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4 min read

Orchestrate Your Next Presentation

Unlock the storytelling secrets of the sonata.

Eric Harris

Eric Harris

Other People's Scars

The Tool is not the Work

We, Not You

The Tool That Ate the Room

The Presentation Paradox

Your Idea is a Force of Nature

You Handed Them a Puzzle and Called it a Pitch

The Real Saboteur

Conversation > Presentation

You Are the Medium Now

Why Slides Feel Safe (and Why They Fail)

Aesop Knew What's Up

Looking Back and Forward

Ditch the Deck. Get to Yes.

The Transaction is the Reward, Not the Goal

Get Time on Your Side

Get "Butts in Seats" for Your Vision

Boil it Down. Make it Sticky.

Familiarity > Originality

Don't Cook Dinner in the Dark

Demystifying Executive Presence

Stop Pitching. Start Quantifying.

Are You DeckPendent?

Make the Environment Your Ally

Orchestrate Your Next Presentation

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