Presentation Skills

I was presenting recently at a meeting and, as I was fourth on the agenda, I had the opportunity to watch and listen to the presentations of the three preceding speakers. I love to see how others present and how they use, or misuse, PowerPoint. One of the presenters was a lawyer speaking about some complex…

Even the most experienced managers can be paralysed by nerves. I see it almost every time I run a course and I know that, with the help and support of a good coach and fellow students this fear can be overcome. There are lots of techniques to help including; Deep breathing Visualisation Holding a little saliva in your…

I was running an influencing skills workshop earlier this week and part of the course involved a presentation by me on Prof Robert Cialdini’s six principles of influence. (NB: If you haven’t read professor Cialdini’s book on Influence, you really should!) One of the principles is called consensus and it embodies the idea that we are more…

Happy New to you all. I was wondering if any of you had applied the principle of setting New Years Resolutions to your Presentation and Public Speaking skills yet. Here are some suggestions that might get you thinking… I resolve to learn how to use PowerPoint effectively so that I don’t bore the pants of…

Today I came across a post on a blog called “Eight to Late” by Kailash Awati, an IT development manager in Australia which I loved and so I thought I’d share it with you. “Some weeks ago I sat through yet another presentation that had me drifting into dreamland within minutes. To stay awake, I started to put together a list…

Tonight, after the regular Toastmasters meeting, a few of us met in the pub for a pre-Christmas drink and an expected turn in the conversation led me to my topic of this post. It’s all about how you can use your presenting space as a metaphor for some of the concepts you are conveying verbally.…

Recently my Google alerts filter has flagged up lots of posts about the recent update to the online presentation application Zoho Show. As a result, I decided to take a look on your behalf. and I have to report that not only is this As somebody who believes passionately in the power of presentation, I was hoping…

Once you have overcome your nerves and discovered the joy of public speaking, it’s all too easy to get complacent and to think that you have made it. Believe me, you haven’t. Presentation practice without feedback means that even experienced presenters get sloppy over time, picking up bad habits that undermine their messages. So what can…

Discourage Critical Feedback If You Want To Improve Faster

I’ve been training presentation and public speaking skills for more than ten years now and today I’d like to share one thing I learned which has had the biggest single impact on the results I get. If you are curious to know what it it, then read on. I still remember the first bit of…

Whether you are speaking one to one woth a prospective customer or one to many in the form of a group sales presentation you need to learn how to change their state… By state I mean the the combination of thinking, emotion and physiology that characterises how we are at any given moment of time. …

Don’t overdo the animations!

Use conscious attention to dissolve your nerves

Influencing Cultural Change in Organisations

New Year Presentation Resolutions

A Great Post On Soporific Speaker Stereo Types

Using spacial metaphors to reinforce your messages

Zoho Show – A Real Alternative To PowerPoint?

Even Experienced Speakers Need Presentation Practice

Discourage Critical Feedback If You Want To Improve Faster

Getting your prospects in the right state to buy