As some of you will know I have had a change of heart and a change of behaviour recently. After a life time of not really bothering about what I ate (with the odd diet thrown in occasionally), not bothering how I exercised (or not) I have decided that nourishing my ‘insides’ and moving my […]
I was working with a private client this week and was delighted that she had done some research before we met: she had asked her three young sons (10, 8 and 5) what they most enjoyed about a good presentation (in their limited school experience) Son #1 said he thought it was great if someone […]
Time and again I have listened to presentations (and you will have too) that are dull and predictable. We end up suffering from an information overload and death by PowerPoint! On the other hand I have many clients who approach me and worry and fret that their topics are dull and predictable, it is more […]
Five Ways to guarantee a ruined presentation at the Preparation Stage: No planning of key message No planning of how to ‘shape ‘ that message No practicing of how that message will sound and look to the audience No checking of equipment in advance of the presentation Creation of notes that will not help you […]
#Habit 1 Be reactive Don’t prepare properly if at all. Rehearse by repeating your presentation again and again in your head and perhaps by flicking through your presentation slides so that you are familiar with them. Allow yourself to be surprised at what your words sounds like once they come outside of your head. Give […]
Well there are plenty of great lessons to learn about speaking and inspiring from Jesus Christ ( and maybe that is another blog) but in this blog I am focusing an altogether less spiritual man, Jeremy Clarkson. Now first a confession. I get quite a lot of exposure to Jeremy Clarkson in my household. With […]
Everyone will be watching you (and judging you) No one wants to be there in the first place The audience will hate you The audience will disagree with what you have to say Your topic is boring Your topic is complicated Your voice is boring and monotonous You won’t remember what to say next The […]
I have been preparing for a presentation to be delivered in a few weeks and I’ll be honest with you. I’ve got stuck. More than stuck in fact. I am going nowhere fast. Instead of ideas flowing there is nothing. A great big zero. An awkward silence. A void. A dearth of creative ideas. Nada. […]
Now, I am not suggesting we manipulate our audiences, put them in hypnosis or act as a mini dictator. What I talking about here, is being aware of the impact presenters have over the energy and the behaviour of the audiences in our presentations. Most presenters do not fully realise that the way they present, […]
I am prepared to go out on a limb here – most people don’t need to be perfectly polished presenters. They just need to be good enough. Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying that we shouldn’t aim to design and deliver the highest quality of presentations we can. Not am I saying that […]
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