Fear of public speaking often stems from the speaker thinking that the audience's main objective is to criticize her performance. The opposite is true: the audience wants you to succeed. First of all because of selfish motivations; nobody wants to be bored.But there is an emotional driver as well. People (in the audience) do not like to subject themselves to an embarrassing situation.

Presenting is not a casual discussion, it is a performance. When you are not passionate about what you are presenting yourself, do not expect your audience to be. This short video compilation of Steve Jobs' iPad launch speech shows how he packed his talk with enthusiasm. Something to learn from, but also to make you smile.

The concept of this ad for a dental care product can be very useful for a slide conveying "solution x helps you see the forest through the trees". It is a bit tedious to generate rows of random words, but the end result will be effective.A larger image can be found on here on Ads of the World.

Highly graphic and gruesome ads that should stop you from smoking or driving dangerously are not only not pleasant to look at, but also often fail to achieve their objective (according to books like "Influence").