March 11, 2014
The aggressive presenter never actually physically hits his audience, but by the time he’s finished speaking they feel like they have been 10 rounds with Mike […]
March 4, 2014
Infotainment – the combination of hard information or facts with entertainment content to increase popularity with customers. If we are ever to be effective presenters, then […]
January 28, 2014
If you like your public speaking punchy, with a generous helping of visual aids, then it’s time we had a PechaKucha about PechaKucha. (That last line […]
January 14, 2014
Your first impression is more than just your speech This blog is not about what we say in the opening line of our speech or presentation. […]
January 7, 2014
Sometimes we need to smile when speaking, and we don’t want to. Bad mood, nerves, our natural demeanour. They may all contribute to a unsmiley speech. […]
December 31, 2013
Following on from an earlier post about making a speech versus delivering a speech (what’s your style?)… If you want to read and see a really […]
December 24, 2013
A picture is worth a thousand words, but it needs to pass only three simple tests to ensure it adds value to our presentation. At some […]
December 18, 2013
If we are looking for moral lessons to include in our speech, there are plenty out there for us to use. “Slow and steady wins the […]
December 17, 2013
You may know a ‘so-so’ speaker. I knew one at university. This fellow student was known as ‘so-so’ because whenever he had to give a presentation, […]
December 10, 2013
Believe it or not, David Beckham wasn’t born with a golden right foot. Tiger Woods didn’t drive a golf ball 300 yards at the age of […]
November 26, 2013
The first question we should be asking when writing a speech or presentation is: what do the audience want to hear? If what they want to […]
November 22, 2013
If the opening line of your speech or presentation doesn’t grab the attention of your audience, you may as well walk out of the room there […]
