Normally I like to create something new in these posts – after all, any fool can cut, paste and hack at other people’s work. This time, however, I’m going to break my own ‘rule’. Take […]
I’ve trained a lot of speakers and I know a lot of people who speak as part of their work (or for fun!). I barely know any who don’t have to travel to get to […]
I was doing a half day’s training this morning in one of the Local Authorities near us. As I walked into their training room I noticed that the flipchart still had the notes from yesterday’s […]
The world’s most simple analogy for a decent presentation… :) The presentation is the tip of the spear. Sure, it’s the bit people notice and are frightened of (the spear-tip, not the presentation!) but it’s […]
I recently blogged briefly about a presentation skill I picked up from a crying baby in church and this (even more brief!) blog follows on from that…. Now to talk about presentation pitch…. I listened […]
… and on this occasion I mean the lectern in my local church, last Sunday morning. Maybe it makes me a bad person who’s going to go to hell, but there were a couple of […]
I used to think it was a (bad) joke when I heard presenters checking the microphone was turned on by asking if it was. If it is, or course, the whole audience can hear you […]
Long term readers will know I’m a great fan of the whole style of Presentation Zen. The books cool – but if you want to get a brief overview, this video takes less time to […]
I read a blog recently which suggested that putting the content of your presentation on 3-by-5 Index Cards wasn’t such a good idea. I don’t think I agree with the logic. (I should add, before […]
Mostly, presentations are about something specific and to a specific audience. Mostly they want you to do well. Mostly they’ll forgive you a glitch here and there. Mostly. But not if you get something significant […]
This is turning into a bit of a series, isn’t it, although I didn’t mean it to when I started, with my first post on this topic. I’ve carried out the ‘experiment’ with the sweets […]
I’ll state right up front that I have science behind this… I only have one shop seller’s claims and one personal experiment! :) I took my nephew here today (rubbish website, fantastic sweet shop!) and […]
Like most people, I’ve been accused of exhibiting ‘manflu’ – at some point we all will be (except women!), and it’s just not fair. Sometimes you really are that ill. For the rest of the […]