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Why do you think that most presenters always (and I do mean ‘always’) have their PowerPoint slideshow ‘on’. What would happen if it wasn’t ‘on’? Do you think that it might make you, as the presenter, stand out a little more than the other presenters? I think it would, if you do it right… Give […]

All the 2011 courses sold out so book your places early for the first course of 2012.  The 19th & 20th of March are the dates for the next Public Course. Please be quick though, we only take six people and I know that three of the spots have already been taken, even before we’ve […]

We think in pictures so give them pictures: Our brains work with pictures. If I ask you to think of a house, you see a picture of a house. You do not see the word ‘HOUSE’. So when the brain is presented with a visual stimulus such as a PowerPoint slide it can only do […]

Greetings and here’s hoping that 2012, the ‘Year of the Dragon’ is prosperous to you and your team. They say that the Dragon represents power and good fortune, which is all good and well but the year of the Dragon only comes round once every twelve years! Maybe having some skills around ‘Humour’ and ‘PowerPoint’ […]

Biggest mistake is not improving. Most presenters do not actively seek feedback at the appropriate time from the appropriate person. Hence they continually make the same mistakes, they reinforce their bad habits and are oblivious as to the negative effects that they are having on their audiences. If you are a presenter then you must […]

You have several options to create additional eye contact. The best and most effective one is to Black out the slideshow. You can do this by pressing the letter ‘B’ on your keyboard while running a PowerPoint slideshow. Go ahead and try it now, open any PowerPoint slideshow and then press the letter ‘B’. You […]

The next course will take place on the 8th & 9th November 2011. This ‘Business Presentation Skills’ course is designed to allow you to stand up and deliver your message with ‘Confidence and Competence’. You will be in a comfortable environment with a handful of other people (maximum of six) seeking similar outcomes to yourself. […]

No, I don’t think it’s a case of them being afraid of newer technologies at all, it more about having some sort of safe guard system in place to make sure that they do not forget what to say next. PowerPoint ideally provides them with a large screen that has their next point clearly indicated […]

Greetings and welcome to the October Edition of TorqueTime. The country is buzzing with the World Cup and we hope that you are enjoying the great sensation around New Zealand as everyone gets in behind the boys in black. As far as I am concerned, Black is about as good as it can get when […]

Basically, what we’re doing is looking for aspects about the person that are ‘like ourselves’, if we find enough similarities then we ‘like’ the person, or it could be said that they made a good first impression on us. So in order to improve the first impressions you are giving out, consider using the same […]