03/02/2026
You have information to share, and you have the knowledge to back up your message. But excellent content alone is not enough to deliver an excellent presentation.
The techniques you apply to share your material will determine whether your audience’s attention is riveted to you or drifts to their social media feeds.
Presenters need two important sets of presentation skills: the ability to engage an audience in person and in a virtual environment. And, regardless of the format, they must be prepared to handle the Q&A portion of their presentation effectively and gracefully.
Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime.
Matty also educates and advocates for writers as The Indy Author. She is the host and producer of hundreds of episodes of The Indy Author Podcast and has spoken on topics related to writing and publishing at events such as the Writer’s Digest annual conference, ALLi SelfPubCon, Author Nation, Authors Guild webinars, International Thriller Writers’ CraftFest, and many more.
Matty writes nonfiction books for writers, and her articles have appeared in Writer’s Digest magazine. She is a Partner Member and team member at the Alliance of Independent Authors.
Matty lives with her husband, Wade Walton, and their dogs in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and enjoys vacationing on Mount Desert Island, Maine, and Sedona, Arizona, and these locations provide the settings for her novels.
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