Back in April I wrote a blog about the lessons for speaking I had learned from starting to develop my photographic skills. You can read it here. Just recently, as I continue to learn more about wielding the camera and capturing that perfect shot I have been thinking about how this relates to presentations and […]
I am so excited. In November of this year I will be delivering my first TED talk. For those of you unfamiliar with TED talks or are not sure why this should excite me so much, let me take you back to New Year 2016. I’m not one for setting New Year’s resolutions. I’d rather […]
Are we a generation of invisible, silent women? Of copers and doers but without a voice? Here’s why this is an issue absolutely relevant for the week in which we cast our vote for the government for the next five years in the UK. I was facilitating a conference recently called “The Age of No […]
Or…….how to sound like you are talking off the top of your head! Here are three ways to approach a presentation: Are you a control freak? Script a presentation (& slides) to within an inch of your life. Learn it. Repeat it until it is embedded in your head and you can press […]
The definition of insanity is to keep on doing the same things & expecting a different result (Albert Einstein) Once again I recently asked a group of learners what they hated about presentations. And once again they came up with a familiar list of ‘hates’. PowerPoint came up more than once, monotone voice, ‘cheesy’ presenters […]
Does your heart ever sink when you hear a speaker start talking about operational timetables, strategic plans or project milestones? Not because these aren’t important but because you KNOW that you are going to have to sit through a barrage of facts, figures and,usually, bullet points! Here is an excerpt from one of Dr. Martin […]
I was privileged and honoured to be a facilitator as part of the RubyStar team at The Entrepreneurial Festival run by UKti this month. As well as supporting over 175 young entrepreneurs over three days research and develop their business ideas to pitch to judges, there was a full programme of events, expert panels, key […]
It is a common fact that many many people are afraid of speaking in public. Sometimes it is the thought of it and sometimes the actually experience of standing there. I have written before about how some people will do anything in their power to avoid it, proving themselves incredibly creative in the so doing! […]
The Day my projector broke…presentation disaster?
Three reasons why PowerPoint stinks
Feedback is useless…
Could you present on anything?
Catherine Sandland: Oh I like this story. Thank ou for sharing....
Colin Barnes: A great lineI heard from a speaker, who was speak...
Catherine Sandland: Thank you for posting this link. I absolutely agr...
@LightbulbJo Jo Cook: One way to focus is using Action Mapping. It bring...
Catherine Sandland: Hi Kieron, thank you for your comment. This is an...