You’d be amazed at how many times I’ve heard that in the introductions of our public training sessions: sometimes it’s even true. While it’s true that sometimes your boss will tell you “to PowerPoint†(interesting […]
Posts By: Simon Raybould
It’s always risky to provide examples of bad practice, for fear of alienating people – or worse, of them not seeing what’s wrong! However, I’ve just sat through a half-hour presentation which really, really let […]
Just a quick note today – to comment that for the first time in as long as I care to remember, I stood up to applaud after a speech. Everything about the presentation was right […]
I’m writing this on New Year’s Day (happy New Year everyone!) at my sister-in-law’s house. Her son talks, as many small children do, without breathing in; at least, I swear if he needs to breathe […]
Let me begin by suggesting you ask yourself this simple question – and be honest – have you ever found yourself altering the formatting of your document before you’ve finished writing it? No? Nothing even […]
Introduction Did you know that the vast majority of men in the UK think they are “above average†as a driver? Obviously, about half of them must be wrong, by definition. Making a presentation often […]
During our public presentation skills training course last week we were using some ‘famous presentations’ as texts for an exercise and someone was lucky enough to be working on Martin Luthor King’s fantastic “I have […]
This tip is in response to two people asking me the same question inside a week – it doesn’t often happen like that but when it does, I figure the universe is trying to tell […]
I’ve been saying this for years as part of our voice training and here’s some legally-based support using voice work to identify criminals in the same way as fingerprints are…. http://expertpages.com/news/voice_forensic_tool.htm Interesting stuff! Basically what […]
Two five hour train journeys within a couple of days gave me plenty of time for reflection. Despite my 20 years training as a scientist, I gave in and did a quick ‘straw poll’ about […]
As many of you will know, I’m writing this from Newcastle upon Tyne – and it’s RSC season up here. Almost all of our theatres are taken over by the good folks from Stratford for […]
but you’re thinking of getting some help or training in making presentations or public speaking, there are dozens of other companies to pick from. Whether or not you want to come to us is up […]
I’m sitting writing this tip on a train down to a training day I’m doing and there’s a couple talking to each other a few seats away. For “him†I can hear that he’s talking: […]