Presentation Skills

What has mindfulness got to do with a blog about becoming a better, more confident presenter, and how can it help us to drop irritating public speaking habits? Keep on reading and you will find out. On Friday, a comment by my Qi Gong teacher Nilima made me think about what I was learning…

No this isn’t another rant about how bad PowerPoint is, its a useful article about how to develop your content before you turn to presentation tools like PowerPoint…. I’ve blogged before on the importance of getting clear about your outcome before putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard so this time I want to…

Recently I’ve been researching the whole area of online marketing and one theme has come out from all the experts and Guru’s I’ve been reading. It’s a theme that believe all offline marketers and presenters also need to be reminded of regularly. The most effective online marketing sites succeed because they create a relationship between the…

Recently I was lucky (or unlucky depending on your point of view) to attend a conference where there were some pretty average presentations. Afterwards I started to compare notes from some of my fellow delegates as to what were the most common failings of presenters. Afterwards I continued this discussion online and here are a…

Last week I was listening to the radio and I happened to hear an interview with a Dave Alred, a coach who specialises in helping people perform well under pressure. He has studied a wide range of people in many different contexts including world class athletes, rugby players, army personnel and business executives and has coached the England…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

Some thoughts on mindfulness and presenting

For A Truly Outstanding Presentation Don’t Start With Powerpoint

Creating Relationships – A lesson from the world of online marketing

What Bad Presenters Do Best

Developing An Attitude Of Inevitablility

When passion isn’t enough!

Multi-Media In Presentations

How To Develop Resourceful Beliefs – Part 1

Strip Off To Present Better!

It’s The Audience Stupid!