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What people say after your presentation… and what they really meanWhat people say and what they really mean:"Thanks for enlightening us"But you didn’t really think about us at all and what we already knew. In fact you’ve just spent time lecturing at us and missing the...

When to speak up and stand out Do you want a platform, do you have something to say? Do you know when to speak up and stand out? Meet Jan. Jan is spectacularly successful in avoiding presentations. She’s done it all her working life. As she rose through the ranks, she...

Ways in which we sabotage ourselves when we speak in public Women can be spectacularly successful in sabotaging themselves when they stand up to speak in public – and even before they stand up. I learned about when we speak in public most powerfully when I first...

Have you ever listened to a presentation, and it’s been excellent? When we listen, what are the elements that deliver awesome presentations?

She stood there her mind blank. This was the time for her to be speaking up, wasn’t it? It felt like the right moment. But what to say? And how to start?

Speaking in public is a skill that can be learned. There are plenty of people out there who don’t like speaking in public. There are plenty of people out there who would count themselves as introverts. There are plenty of people out there who have had horrible experiences of standing up and speaking to groups.