Presentations training – what’s in it for you?

It’s not unusual for us to get full marks from participants in our presentations training. We even got called

“the best trainer I have ever encountered“

in one spontaneous email.

My three favourite bits of feedback ever, however, are listed below for a bit of a giggle.

• On a gig when we’d been told there were large numbers but they didn’t sell any tickets it meant I took a member of my team with me who ended up not being needed so she just sat in the corner… the feedback?  “Great delivery but what was the pretty one supposed to do?”
• Or how about this bit of feedback? “Fantastic. Revolutionised my approach to presenting. But [I] should warn you that [company] won’t adopt your approach for new presentations cos it makes our old ones look too crap!”
• And finally “Best use of storytelling I’ve ever seen! Don’t go into politics!”. The same person also added “Sell the Renault and buy a Porshe – arrive like you deliver.”

I have to admit I’m not quite sure how to take that last bit… it rather depends on which Porshe you’re talking about. I’m going to assume it’s a midnight black 911.

Old school! ;)