I’m sitting writing this tip on a train down to a training day I’m doing and there’s a couple talking to each other a few seats away. For “him†I can hear that he’s talking: […]
…..because everyone else’s are. Simple. I’ve been chewing over this question quite a lot this week (yes, okay, I’m sad but voice & presentation skills training is what I do) but it was brought to […]
Powerpointless is one of those words that, when you hear it for the first time, you not only know exactly what it means but also wish you’d invented it. (Thanks to Alan at The Media […]
I spent some time this week in London, working with a female professor, attending meetings full of presentations. The fact that the Prof I was with was female didn’t matter one jot – she was […]
I’ve just spent a day in the company of a professor from the University where I work sometimes. The fact that she’s a female prof is “neither here nor thereâ€: she’s the world expert in […]
I started writing this on the way to the last gig of the tour I did as the technical manager for the Northern Youth Dance Company (how good are they? National Ballet Magazine said “This […]
Somewhere, there is an excellent blog on this topic (but I can’t find it any more) but it struck me that this was a topic which could benefit from a little more formal treatment – […]
Okay, this might be the bravest or dumbest thing I’ve done on this blog but I feel quite well motivated, so I’m going to do it now, before I “bottle-out” as we say in the […]
Today’s Times contains an article about voice/confidence/health. It’s got some useful tips – although there’s the common mis-understanding about the words you use only accounting for 7% of the meaning of a communication. (See my […]
Yes, okay, obviously! I’ve seen people start their presentations with a complete freeze, during which they even ‘forget’ to breathe and I’ve seen people hyper-ventilate. Neither is pretty! The latter is particularly interesting: I’ve just […]
You might have noticed over the summer here in the UK that one of the big teaching unions has called for voice training to be part of the training all teachers get as part of […]
Well, okay, not actually presenting in French (‘cos I am rubbish at it!) but hearing French people do presentations has been a bit of an eye-opener for me. I’ve just spent two weeks in France […]
Networking is a way of life for some people. For most of us though it’s a necessary chore. For others still it’s their worst nightmare. Whatever your level of “assurance” it’s a real test of […]