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We’ve once again won the ‘Corporate Events Guide Peoples Choice Awards for 2010 as Best Nationwide Trainers’. We were thrilled to have won the title last year and to win it again is a real honour. Thank you to those who took the time to vote for us and we hope to continue to provide […]

Season’s Greetings and welcome to the Christmas Edition of TorqueTime and the final one for 2010. All of us here at Torque just wanted to say a huge ‘Thank You’ to all those who voted for us in the recent Corporate Events Guide People’s Choice Awards. You made us the Over-all winners for the “Best […]

Write the Presentation Right I must give a presentation on topic XYZ so I’ll open up PowerPoint and create a title page called “XYZ”, I’ll even put my name and company and date on there as well. Then I’ll add a slide that tells them I’ll be addressing points A, B and C. Now I’ll […]

V.A.R.K. We are all aware that we use different senses to collect and retain data, in fact we have a preference for one and then another as secondary and the third to a lesser degree still. As a presenter you have no idea as to who in your audience prefers ‘what’ sense – so it […]

We’ve been nominated once again for the ‘Corporate Events Guide 2010 Peoples Choice Awards’. We were thrilled to have won the title last year and ask that (if appropriate) you vote for us in this year’s competition by clicking on the above icon and following the instructions. Thank you to those who already have and […]

The next course will take place in the first quarter of 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. Click […]

Greetings and welcome to the October Edition of TorqueTime. I think everybody knows that the biggest ‘turn-off’ in presentations is the overuse of PowerPoint. A lot of people subscribe to the idea that PowerPoint ‘adds’ to their presentation effectiveness but by using it incorrectly they actually create the opposite effect, they turn their audience off. […]

To all of our very special and generous legal clients… I found this joke quite funny. Generous Lawyer A local United Way office realized that the organization had never received a donation from the town’s most successful lawyer. The person in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute. “Our research shows that […]

In these fun and fact filled candid interviews, David shows you how to break free of any self-limiting beliefs and become the confident and competent speaker that is your right. If you need to make presentations as part of your career and you need them to be successful then you need to listen to this […]

Shifting the Focus Here’s a great strategy to take the pressure off yourself and place it more correctly where it belongs… on your message. The next time you make a presentation have a quiet word with yourself before standing up and speaking. Tell yourself something like this: “These people are here to learn about what […]