I’m a fan of visual slides if you’re going to use PowerPoint (or Keynote or any of the other alternative slide-ware packages). There are times when bullet-points are the way to go, of course, but […]
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for the loss of this blog for a week. My ISP were all the help they could be without actually doing anything about it – such as replying to questions in less than three days […]
I’ve mentioned the need to practise your presentation out loud more times than I care to remember and I’ve always cited the same few reasons – and this week I had an great example of […]
Sometimes you can recover from a bad start to your presentation. Sometimes you can’t…. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGZyG0Jchjo&feature=related The worst presentation skills in the world: should I call to offer some training? :)
Virgin trains, in the UK, are having a big marketing kick on the TV at the moment. One of their adverts shows an apparently inept presenter writing his slides on the train and – at […]
Normally, I’d say that keeping your head down isn’t a good idea as a presenter and public speaker – too much hiding your light under a bushel doesn’t get you very far sometimes… There is […]
For many years I’ve been fighting the good fight about the myth that only 7% of the meaning of communication is in the words themselves; I ranted about it years ago, for example. Just recently […]
Setting aside for the moment what he says (as, if you can!), it’s worth some time to look at Presedent Obama’s recent speech – if for nothing else as a masterclass of how to be […]
It’s Formula One season once more (and what a season!) and as always I’m stunned by the way the drivers stay calm under pressure. Make a mistake there and it’s all over – perhaps permanently. […]
….. and nothing to do with presenting or public speaking, but a friend of mine is involved in a fund-raiser by crossing the Solent on a duck-shaped pedalo. See here: http://www.thegreatsolentpedal.com/ If you can possibly […]
The opposite of being afraid isn’t being un-afraid. I train hundreds of people each year in designing and delivering presentations and in public speaking … and the most common question I get asked is “How […]
I’ve spent a long time being self-indulgent recently, so I thought it might be useful to run through how one of my favorite slides evolved by way of redressing the balance :) ; it’s still […]
Holding eye contact is a bit of a strain for many of us. For many people, there are only a couple of reasons for looking someone straight in the eye for more than a second […]