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 […]
You never know, it might be useful to someone! My last self-indulgent post created a couple of emails that really made me smile, so here’s hoping! :) We run public training days in voice & […]
Almost total self-indulgence, this post. The only thing I can say in my defence is that someone asked me what I did…. :) This is a bit of an odd day for us. We specialise […]
Generally, they’re made as simple sales-pitches pretending to help people and I’ve sat at my computer watching them until i want to kill someone. This one, though, is a little different. Firstly it’s not making […]
I’ve spent some time in hospital recently, for an urgent (for a pretty trivial) operation. One of the things I spent time doing while sitting on the Ward, other than getting bored and counting down […]
I’ve lost count of the number of times when I’ve read fora online – about public speaking – when the advice has been the mantra “practice, practice, pracatice”. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not […]
I posting something on Twitter recently which seems to have started a bit of a flurry. I said: “As they say in SEO: Content is King. All presentations need do is get your content over. […]
…..so says a student friend of mine who’s having to give presentations for the first time. To be fair to him, he didn’t say this spontaneously, but in response to a question about what was […]
Let me say something right from the start: I don’t believe people can learn public speaking or how to make presentations if they’re unduly anxious. That’s why our courses always have a relaxed, supportive and […]
A while ago I wrote about a technique for the 30 second presentation you have to make when you’re networking in response to the dreaded question “…and What Do You Do?” I recently came accross […]
It’s Formula One season once more 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. One of the ways […]
Well I’m back….. ….. and my opinion remains the same as my last blog. I think the idea of Toastmasters is great – but there’s a but. This is actually the second draft of this […]