They’re not the same, are they? Not quite. For me, a Public Speaking engagement is a particular type of presentation. The main thing that differentiates public speaking from a (business) presentation, is that it’s given […]
…….because that’s her initial. I’ve been working with H for a couple of months now, seeing her once every couple of weeks for a reasonable length session and she’s very happy with the progress we’ve […]
… but this time it is one of mine! Our regional paper runs a brief “how to” article by yours truly, here.
Patsy Rodenburg knows a thing or two about having ‘it’ – whatever ‘it’ is. She’s the Director of Voice at London’s Royal National Theatre and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In short, she […]
It seems a bit of a cop-out in writing a presentation skills blog to do nothing other than point you to another blog, but what the hell, this one deserves an honourable mention. It’s not […]
A lot of presentation skills trainers will tell you that you should be able to control your nerves and ‘overcome’ them. Personally, I think that’s rubbish and what you should do is ‘use’ them. Why? […]
OMG. With the best will in the world, I can’t see this as an overall good thing. At it’s best, PowerPoint is a fair-to-middling tool, woefully often mis-used, and giving people more gadgets is going […]
I’ve sat through some drivel, recently. Some of it was witty and entertaining at the time, but still drivel. Why? Because it didn’t tell me anything I wanted to know. I’m sure this scenario is […]
Someone asked me recently for a simple formula for structuring their presentation. Now, I’m always hesitant about giving out simple formulae – because they’re generally over-simple and don’t take into account the circumstances of the […]
I’ve never heard of this before, but I read here that eating bananas wil help deal with presentation nerves. I can’t for the life of me figure why it might work, but if it does, […]
Regular readers will know I’m not a fan of PowerPoint for two reasons. It’s often badly used; and It’s designed in a way to make it too easy to use it badly. I know I’m […]
A friend of mine sent me this link:Â http://youtube.com/watch?v=7-ZnPE3G_YY today. It’s very mildly offensive but if you can cope with a someone taking the mickey out of Songs of Praise, have watch/listen. What it shows, […]
“How do I deal with the nerves?†– the most common question I get on our public courses. Everywhere I go on the web there’s a list of presentation tips: one of the most common […]