In self-defence, before I start, let me make it clear I’m not saying all motivational speakers are a waste of time. I’ve seen some great ones – recently! So I’m not saying the whole niche […]
A quick and simple technique for warming up your face (and therefore part of your voice!) before you make your presentation… [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Je5O1-pvCc’] … with thanks to Durham University Business School for the video.
… now available on the Kindle! And we couldn’t be more pleased. The book of presentation tips and mini-articles “60 tips” has been available as a PDF download for a while now (http://presentation-skills-blog.co.uk/downloads/60-tips-in-30-days/) and people […]
Before we start, you can get hold of rules one to five here. It might be a good idea to read them before you read this, to get a feel for how seriously to take […]
I’m a bit of a traditionalist (in some areas of my life at least). The main ways in which that really manifests tend to be to do with Christmas – but there are other ways. […]
I’m off to meet a new client. Her boss recommended she came to us because she gets so nervous when she has to make presentations she starts to feel sick. She’s in a high-power, high-pressure […]
Most of our work is in-house work. Sometimes though, it’s good to just open the doors and let anyone have a bit of training! Our public courses have their own website (see http://www.tellingpeople.co.uk) and […]
I recently gave a 50 minute presentation which seemed to go very well (I say “seemed” to go well, because it’s sometimes hard to tell from the stage). As I left the stage, walking […]
I’m working at one of the country’s big, leading universities teaching some PhD students how to make presentations for academic conferences. (Believe me, I have more experience of sitting through bad academic presentations than any […]
Hi. If you’re a regular reader here you’ll know how useful these posts can be. (And if you’re not, we hope you’ll soon be convinced! :) ) Would you like a whole lot more of […]
I’m sitting here, listening, as presentations are written around me – which is a bit depressing, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we’re all up against the clock and the room we’re working in isn’t […]
Okay, so we know that how you present information is important. Just having great content isn’t quite going to cut it, you need to be able to present it so that people can get hold […]
Long term readers may remember that I used to research in a Medical School. For that matter, my elder daughter is training to become a Doctor. Many years ago I even addressed the World Health […]