The last blog on this site was about the storyline of your presentations and how to memorize what you’re saying next. That reminded me of a really bad presentation I say through recently in which […]
I’m a fan. (Of Derren Brown, that is.) Okay, I know he can come across as a complete twat occasionally but can’t we all – and besides, that’s part of his act. I’ve been reading […]
Presentations need to be aimed at changing something… It’s a pretty bold and bare statement, I know but it’s based on a lot of experience. I believe it’s critical in a number of different elements […]
Well, here goes! We’re going to take up the challenge – over at BT Tradespace there’s a blogging competition and we’re up for it. One blog per day for the whole of November… hopefully by […]
I’m a long-time fan of The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and I’m please it’s returning. Old-timers like me remember the big, fundamental gag that ran through a lot of the earlier stuff about the […]
I’m reading :59 seconds at the moment, by Prof Richard Wiseman. Despite the name, it’s not an action-thriller, with the rugged hero fighting to save the world in less than a minute… James Bond style. […]
We’ve just had a very nice new bathroom installed – and so for the first time in several years I’ve been able to enjoy the luxury of taking a bath (don’t worry, I’d been using […]
A while ago, I did an online chat about making presentations for a new(ish) networking site in the UK called Better Networking. They’ve very kindly cleaned up the transcript and it’s available here. Because it […]
We’re going to be running another of our public training days in Newcastle – on November 6th (a Friday). You can see feedback, pics and details online here. Normally, these days sell out pretty quickly, […]
This brief article was originally run in an online “newspaper” based in my part of the UK – hence the rather choppy style – and I’ve posted it here because it’s good advice, even though […]
Responding to my last post, Jim suggested counting to five before moving on. (I presume you mean between sentences or something Jim – a fivebeat between each word is pretty slow! :) ) That got […]
Breaks between words are what tells us when a word has finished: there’s bound to be an ancient proverb somewhere about it. Speaking without the slight gaps between words can make you harder for your […]
I’ve posted (and perhaps even ranted!) about the 7% myth in the past. Now, at last, the man who did the original (mis-)quoted research speaks out. He did an interview for BBC Radio 4 recently. […]