I used to just get bored in presentations that did not engage me. But now I find I am getting increasingly irritated. Why do people insist on talking at me (and the rest of the audience) instead of creating rapport and a conversation? And while we are on the subject, isn’t it disrespectful to fail […]
Whether they out and out ask you or whether they sit there and think these questions, here are 10 things the audience need to hear from you when you deliver your presentation: 1. Do I need to worry about you? A strange one to start off with and in most cases, audiences need to know […]
It is the stuff of nightmares, isn’t it? You spend ages perfecting a PowerPoint presentation, you rehearse with said presentation, you check you have the wires for the all the equipment, pitch up at the venue and find out that the projector bulb is broken! Argh! Or is it? First of all let me say […]
Someone asked me today whether I could present on any topic given sufficient research. My immediate response was ‘maybe!’ But then I went and thought more carefully about my answer. In my coaching and training I often work with individuals with the structure and language of their presentations. And sometimes they will laugh and say […]
I have been focusing on feedback and rehearsal of late in my blogs and in my private coaching sessions. One question I often get asked is how to ask for feedback. Read one of my previous blogs (Feedback is useless…) for one way to start. It is a brave and challenging thing to ask someone […]
I was speaking with the CEO of an organisation the other day and she said something interesting. She said, ‘I ask for feedback after my presentations but it is pretty useless so I have stopped asking any more’ My question to her was ‘How do you ask for feedback?’ You see, when it comes […]
As I write this I have a fantastic week ahead of me. It includes designing a module for a personal effectiveness programme I am running for a corporate client, delivering a presentation to one of my favourite networking groups, facilitating one of my monthly speaking groups with a group of lively and determined women in […]
Most people fear that moment when you simply can’t remember what to say next in a presentation. It either happens at the beginning of a presentation or suddenly bites you by the bottom right in the middle of your speech. Well, be reassured that this happens to lots of presenters ( even the best) and […]
I’ve been reading Dan Roam’s ‘Unfolding the Napkin’ recently and absolutely ‘get’ the idea that simple pictures can solve problems. Thinking about this has also prompted me to think about how presenters make their ideas clear and simple so that they can communicate them in a powerful and persuasive way. This is not about dumbing […]
The Day my projector broke…presentation disaster?
Three reasons why PowerPoint stinks
Feedback is useless…
Could you present on anything?
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