Well, Toastmasters is a global brand after all and it had to happen eventually! I’m going to go along to the inaugural meeting tonight (at Dance City for good pragmatic reasons) this evening (Monday 23rd […]
I’ve banged on recently about graphics in presentations… seems I’m not the only one interested! The great Guy Kawaski pointed me at this article (via twitter). It’s a great example of how to present data […]
Pretty much the whole of the online public speaking advice community has spent the last months (years?!) banging on about less text. Few bullet points with fewer words! Images are the way forward! For people […]
In the past, I’ve read in various places suggestions and claims that music, and in particular Mozart, stimulates people’s brains. It’s been associated with everything from better surgery to smarter kids. (I’m drafting this with […]
Radio 1 is currently on in our house (teenage daughters, don’t ask!) and Scot Mills is running a bit of a feature about describing David Beckham. The core of the idea is to guess how […]
I’ve just uploaded two presentations documents onto http://www.docstoc.com for download. (Do a search on my name). It’s the first time I’ve tried using docstoc, so it’s a bit of an experiment. Ones about things you […]
I recently took part in a biggish group blog about what we – a group of us interested in making presentations – were looking/hoping for in presentations in 2009. As part of that conversation, Olivia […]
One of the things I’m most often asked to help with in our presentation skills training is how to deal with questions. There are lots of useful things you can do – but some very […]
Anyone who’s ever read even the most basic of tips-for-public-speaking will have read this simple tip… if you’re using PowerPoint (or anything similar such as Keynote) don’t face the screen; face your audience instead. It’s […]
One of the biggest reasons people book themselves onto our public presentation skills courses is their fear of presenting – there are lots of techniques we cover on these days, but some of them need […]
It’s not going to happen, I know it’s not going to happen (and if it did, I’d be out of a job) but one of the things I’d love to see this New Year is […]
Suppose your presentation is in the form of a sales pitch (AKA a Beauty Pageant) where there are a few of you all pitching for the same contract. Should you try and pitch first, last […]
Laura Bergells’ Maniactive blog is a load of fun and as full of sensible stuff as you can reasonably expect! I want you to remember that because a lot of this post is going to […]