I often get asked for tips to help people who have to deal with more senior people. One of the most common questions in this area is how do I project authority and credibility. One powerful way to do this is to simply focus on keep your head still when you speak! Sounds crazy I…

Read More

A few days ago I was running an advanced presentation skills course and when one of my participants gave her first presentation it was clear that she had fallen into the trap of confusing a presentation with an information dump.   Its not that her content was bad, there was just far too much data and…

Read More

Today is worldwide blog action day and as a supporter of this campaign I want to talk about what we as presenters and communicators can do to help end poverty.     Poverty is a very big problem and an emotive topic. Whilst most of us would agree that it is a bad thing, we may also…

Read More

In several of my previous posts I have talked about the importance of having a clear outcome for your presentation or speech. Today I’d like to take a look at the next step in the design process – finding a logical flow. Your audience need to see that there is a path between your starting…

Read More