I’ve got too many things to say! Where do I start? I’ve been coming across this a lot just recently with both clients and other connections. Whilst most people who want to stand up and speak (or have to) get that there needs to be something to say – a clear message – getting to […]
It’s your worst nightmare. You are delivering your important presentation. It’s all going to plan. You are on a roll. And then a member of the audience asks you a question left of field. Or you are asked to deliver your twenty minute speech in fifteen because there’s been an over run. Or there is […]
Oh my! It started with the loud pulsating music, followed by dancing girls, followed by lights, flashing images…and that was before the speaker had even arrived on stage. To be fair, they made a valiant attempt to keep up the expectation of that build up and for the next two hours bounced, strode, jumped and […]
For lots of us when we get the opportunity stand up and speak out, it is on a subject close to our hearts – our business, our plans, our passion. Even when we work in an organisation perhaps we love what we do, think our product or service is the bees knees, feel proud to […]
What do you do when you start to listen to a presentation? Settle yourself down. Get your pen and notepad out. Check who else is in the room. Check your phone. Chat to the person next to you. Check your phone again. Now you are sitting, start to think of all the things you need […]
It’s a common fear. Not that we have to stand up in front of a group of people and articulate a viewpoint per se but that no one will listen to us. Imagine the scene: You are there at the front of the room. You’ve spent days if not weeks preparing for your presentation. You […]
Have you got stuck in a rut when it comes to talking about your business? It’s easy to do isn’t it and you can spot when this happens with people when they start to reel off their information in a singsong, ‘list’ type voice. It’s most common in corporate presentations I have to say, where […]
I saw a great blog the other day about the importance of having a capsule wardrobe. This has long been an ideal of mine: I say ideal because anyone who knows me knows that I am like most other people with a wardrobe full of favourite items, items too small/large, fashion items woefully out of […]
I’ve had enough: Of people who insist on telling us all they know and cramming it in ten minutes Of people who don’t take the time to find out about their audiences Of people who don’t prepare because they prefer to speak from the heart Of people who put their scripts on PowerPoint so they […]
On a recent visit to the Florence Art Gallery to see some of the great works of art from the Renaissance I got to see two famous painting by Botticelli. The birth of Venus and springtime. Whilst I am the first to admit that I am not a great art critic, even I had to […]
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