Most business presentations seem to fade, trickle away, quietly leave the room without anyone noticing. Or end with that embarrassing question .’Anymore questions?, No? Well that’s me then’ Find out in the 8th Vlog for my 30 day Business Challenge how to give the end of your presentation some welly! Make sure that the last […]
Oh why are business presentations so boring?
Oh come on – you must have said that to yourself occassionally? Of course when we listen to someone who can present well they stand out a mile don’t they? And the reason for that is that most business presentations are formulaic and conventional and , let’s be brutal why not – dull. In my […]
So, what is it that you do? How to answer that question in a presentation?
This is the sixth vlog in my 30 day Business challenge to post a vlog each day for 30 days. And the topic came about because I recognise that although the question ‘what is it that you do?’ sounds such a simple one, answering it clearly, concisely and with impact is not quite so easy. […]
Will you accept the challenge of raising the bar for public speaking?
This is the fifth vlog in my 30 Day Business Challenge. A challenge where I agreed to record adn then post a vlog each day for 30 days along with 30 other women in business. In this vlog I explore the oppportunites open to us when we can speak confidently and persuasively. Will you […]
Grabbing hold of people’s attention at the beginning of a presentation – the POW Factor
We have all heard the typical and fairly conventional way of starting a presentation – ‘Good Morning , my name is, today I am going to talk at you about…’ And that is our cue to snuggle in our chair, check the Blackberry, daydream and so on until the speaker finally reaches the point…except sometimes […]
How do we present ourselves and our business when we speak in public?
Oh this is a good question isn’t it? Sometimes we are acutely aware of how we look and sound and other times, often when the occassion is less formal, it is easy to forget that everything you do and say is creating a perception of you and your business. This is my third vlog […]
Does being able to present confidently really matter? – YES if we want to shape our world
This the second of my vlogs as part of the 30 Day business challenge. Lots of people ask me ‘does it really matter if I can’t?’ I guess another way of thinking about that question would be to ask ‘ ‘what could be possible if I could?’ You see I believe that if we want […]
Why being able to present confidently is an absolute MUST
This is my first vlog for the 30 day business challenge. I have undertaken as part of a group of 30 women to post a vlog everyday for 30 days. You can follow all our progress on www.30daybusinesschallenge.com as well as in this blog. Today I am exploring why it matters that we can […]
Get real…the importance of adding in concreteness into your presentations
In ‘Rework – chnage the way you work forever’, authors Jason Fried and David Meyer- Hansson write, ‘ If you need to explain something get real with it. Instead of describing what something looks like, draw it. Instead of explaining what something sounds like, hum it. Do everything you can to remove layers of abstraction.’ […]
30 Day Business Challenge…introductory Video
About a week ago, I signed up for the 30 Day Business Challenge. As part of a group of 30 entrepreneurial women in business all thirty of us will all be posting one vlog each day for thirty days. That’s an awful lots of vlogs! As we approach D-Day I must confess to some trepidation – […]
