A yes, I’m glad you asked! The explanation is here. To cut a long story short, I couldn’t keep up two separate blogs – I’m just too busy. And a recent hack (I hope the […]
Posts By: Simon
The Colon Technique Figuring out what to say in your 60 seconds of fame can be tricky – sometimes almost impossible. Fortunately there’s a simple technique that makes it (a lot!) easier. All you have […]
Hallow’een is all about the fear. So in confidence month it’s natural to take on the fear, right? Yes, I know, this blog hasn’t been updated in October, but that’s because of that epic project over […]
I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I’ve missed blogging. Why? Because we’ve been running #ConfidenceMonth. So far we’ve put out about a million tweets with confidence tips, lots of short, sharp videotips (https://www.youtube.com/presentationgeniusinfo) and half a dozen […]
As well as writing here, and over at the presentation genius blog, I write a lot of guest blogs here and there. (By the way, checkout the Confidence Month over at the PG site, it’s […]
I’m not a happy man – some of my presentation colleagues bug me Silly pictures like this are one of the reasons. (Other reasons include talking tosh! ;) ) Why? As Shakespeare once wrote, let […]
I’m looking at Visme here – new kind on the block in many ways. So new, in fact, the beta flag is still flying. Why am I looking in detail at what’s experimental software? Basically […]
I’ve been playing for a while with alternatives to PowerPoint (or Keynote, which is what I use). Some of my clients have been asking for something more convenient, more innovative and more, well, fun… Well […]
I used to tour as the technical director of a dance company. Don’t get excited – it’s not as glamorous as it sounds. It means I was responsible for the lights, sound, video and dancefloor […]
Full disclosure – I’m a presentations trainer, so you might expect me to not like templates… after all, if templates worked 100%, I’d have less work. Reason 1 You’re special. Oh, yes you are. Oh, […]
Last week I talked about how to structure your presentations, starting from scratch. Essentially you go old-school (analogue) and use paper-based tools to let the structure emerge. But let’s face it, presentations aren’t just about you […]
In a little while I’m going to give a presentation I’ve never given before – and it’s not one I’m likely ever to give again. I’ve been asked by a school to give […]
I’ve just read the title of an article in Linked-In: How to make education great again. It’s an interesting title and it got my attention. I even clicked to read it – but then stopped… […]