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…

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We have delivered a number of training courses to the Marketing Staff of the Open University over the years and we are delighted that once again, that have chosen Gavin to deliver three workshops in January and Feb 2008.   The two tailored programmes – Building Successful Business Relationships and Achieving Goals and Managing Time will…

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Hi After an inspiring presentation at a local business networking group I’ve migrated by hosted blog with blogger to an installed wordpress blog and it was relatively painless.   A big thank you to David Bell of Sugarweb who gave a clear and concise introduction to how to create a wordpress blog. Not only does he know…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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