Archive for October 2007
When passion isn’t enough!
Today, I was mind mapping another session at a conference and once of the speakers stood out head and shoulder above the rest because of her enthusiasm and passion but… She started of well, coming away from the lectern and standing centre stage. She used no visual aids and she challenged the accepted norms of…
Read MoreQuick Tip – Use A bigger font size!
I’ve been mind mapping the proceedings of the annual APM conference in London and there has been some excellent content. The only problem is that far too many of the speakers use too small a font on the slides! It may be readable on your laptop, but from the back of a conference hall it…
Read MoreHow To Develop Resourceful Beliefs – Part 2
Last week I started to talk about the power that limiting beliefs to make us ‘Reluctant Presenters’. In Part 2 of this article I want to share with you a simple yet practical technique for defusing your old limiting beliefs and empowering your new resourceful ones… NB:If you haven’t done the exercises in part 1…
Read MoreMulti-Media In Presentations
The latest advances in computer technology allows us to produce high quality video content for a fraction of the cost of just a few years ago. How important is it that we jump on the video bandwagon and start utilising video clips in our presentations… Last week I was fortunate to listen to a presentation…
Read MoreHow To Develop Resourceful Beliefs – Part 1
Many reluctant presenters have one or more limiting beliefs that hold them back from developing their full potential. If you’d like to learn some simple ideas to break through this self imposed barrier, read on…. What we believe about ourselves can imprison us or set us free. It’s a choice. Typical limiting beliefs of Reluctant…
Read MorePractice Makes Perfect
Like it or not, all the great presenters I have met have one thing in common. They practice their craft. Do You? So many people who come on my presentation skills workshops admit that they don’t practice enough. When I ask them why I get a range of excuses including. I don’t have the time.…
Read MoreStrip Off To Present Better!
As an NLP Master practitioner, I am ialways interested in modelling excellent presenters to uncover what is the difference that makes the difference between the medioce and the best. Recently I was reminded that some of the best presenters present naked… Hope I’ve got your attention now. Naked presenting? Has Gavin finally lost his mind.…
Read MoreDon’t Blame PowerPoint
If your PowerPoint presentation is a disaster don’t blame PowerPoint… It seems these days that everyone is condemning this powerful tool without taking any responsibility for the fact that they created and delivered the slides that put their audience to sleep ! As a child I was taught that “A good workman never blames his…
Read MoreIt’s The Audience Stupid!
Many reluctant presenters (and many experienced ones too!) make the simple mistake of placing all their attention on themselves as presenters. Effective communicators on the other hand do it differently… When you are presenting to an audience, be it one person or a thousand, you must remember who the most important people are. Who are…
Read MorePublic Speaking – Share Your Passion
No matter how good your public speaking techniques, if you aren’t passionate about your subject your talk is likely to fall flat. This message was brought home loud and clear to me last week at a networking meeting where one of the members had prepared a 10-minute talk on themselves and their business. Brian (his…
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