11 ago, I attended a training course on presentation skills. I was an experienced trainer, loved speaking, was confident and had had to speak at meetings most of my managerial and professional life. 2 significant things happened at that training. Firstly, I learned that confidence, competence and enthusiasm were great but not enough Learning how […]
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How to deliver a presentation – should I stand or should I sit?
How to deliver a presentation – Should I stand or should I sit? I’ve been asked this question so many times and while the true answer is, it depends, often the real reason someone is asking is that they do not want to stand and are hoping for an easy reason to sit! Why don’t […]
How to use effective body language – distracting or dynamic?
How to use effective body language – dynamic or distracting? I’ve been asked by clients whether to stop moving around when delivering a presentation and I’ve been asked by clients whether to start moving around in a presentation. Either way, people do get twitchy when it comes to thinking about body language…and that’s maybe the […]
Election time – excited or switched off? Prepare yourself for lots of words and more words!
Well, ‘tis the season (again) for us to be bombarded with promises, allegations, rhetoric and aspirations. Yes – it is General Election in the UK in six weeks time. And the challenge, for everyone is three fold: To listen To be engaged and interested To take action. Sounds simple? Not really and here are some […]
A post for Voting Day…7th May 2015, UK
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 […]
When you HAVE to be able to articulate your beliefs…
I am reading ‘I am Malala – The Girl who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban’ by Malala Yousaefzai. What an amazing story of courage, conviction and clarity of purpose. And she is only 17! If you haven’t read it yet then check it out and watch Malala speak on this […]
