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You might want to consider not leaving the question session to the very end. Perhaps have a strong closing statement that you can use once the Q&A session is finished. This will protect your ‘closing’ and allow you to finish on a high note. Here are some ideas worth remembering once you ask for questions: […]

Localizing your presentation can create a better sense of empathy with the audience. It also proves to the audience that you think they are important enough to do extra research and study. We always like people who make us feel important. Here are some examples: If you live in Auckland and are presenting in Wellington, […]

You don’t need to use all seven but you might want to use all of them as a guideline when preparing and writing your next presentation. The more of the seven points you can incorporate into the presentation the more likely a better outcome. 1) Be Relative Experts tell us that humans are thinking about […]

If you feel the pressure of everyone looking at you as the presenter then look at people’s foreheads. Even from one metre away, it will appear to them (the audience) that you are looking them in the eye. Instead of just moving your head to make eye contact try occasionally angling your body in the […]

English speakers lob in ‘um’ before a long pause and ‘uh’ in front of a brief hiatus. People even create compounds such as ‘the-um’ or ‘and-uh’, showing that speakers know that there is going to be a problem after the word even before they begin it.   Also, beginning an answer with ‘um’ is interpreted as […]

Greetings and welcome to the Easter Edition of TorqueTime. Here’s a challenge… It is easy to convince ourselves that we can’t change a lot of the things that impact upon our lives, whereas quite the opposite is true. It is our individual beliefs, values and sense of self worth that form who we are and […]

Prove It Think about the last time you were engrossed by a presentation… the presenter probably told you three key points and then proved them to you. How did the presenter do that? He or she told you stories. Stories provide amazing proof because they allow the audience to literally ‘put themselves in the picture’. […]

3 Key Points Most presenters tend to swamp their audiences with a multitude of reasons as to why the audience should do as they say. Within minutes the audience is comatosed. The magic number is three. You need to find three major points (reasons) as to why the audience should follow your recommendations and then […]

What Do You Want? If you are going to make a presentation then surely the question you must ask yourself is “What do I want this audience to do now that they have heard my presentation?” Is it to buy your product? To engage your services? To change the way they work or live? Is […]

The next course will take place on the 30th & 31st May 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. […]