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Give it To Me Straight One way to make sure we constantly improve is to get feedback. The very best feedback is by watching a recording of your presentation. Sounds like a horrible thing to do but it’s very effective. Alternatively, ask for feedback from a colleague or a mentor. Ensure that you ask your […]

Be Prepared A lot of our presentation anxiety can be nullified or at least minimised by knowing that we have prepared well. Here are some ideas that you may find useful as the presentation time approaches.     Practice. Do this at least three times, standing up and speaking aloud – as loud as you intend […]

Greetings and here’s hoping that your year is progressing nicely (June already!). How are those presentations going? Do you ever get that odd sensation once you’ve sat done from delivering a presentation and think to yourself, “That could have gone better.” Hopefully there are some ideas within that just might help you with that. A […]

There are two very simple guidelines that will further enhance your skills and reputation as a great presenter. There are no special secrets, just common sense and good practice. Have a look at these two classic points that make a big difference with presentations… Notes, Notes and More Notes: I think the biggest reason that […]

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 […]