When an audience member asks you a question from the floor, be careful for what’s known as the moth to a flame syndrome. This is where you hone in on the person who asked the question and exclude everybody else, which breaks rapport with the
Often when persuading we fall into the habit of telling our client or colleague absolutely ALL the benefits of our products, services or our great idea. It’s a natural result of being passionate about our offering and being pumped and wanting to help people. The problem with
Some podcasts are just excellent. This is one of them! Here is a really great interview where I share lots and lots of free persuasion, influence, presentation and success tips with Master MC Warwick Merry. Click here to have a listen and enjoy!
Speakers take note! No one likes a drama queen! I am friends with a number of Speakers Bureau Consultants. These are the people you can go to when you know you want to book a speaker, but you don’t know who to book. You could
I was speaking a Women’s Networking event in Sydney. As usual, I was the speaker after lunch. This is a spot I’m known for because I like to use props and dancing to reinforce my key messages so it’s easy to stay awake even if
If you’re like most people you’re very busy. You’re probably running from one meeting to another (or logging in and out of one meeting after another on zoom) without much thought or preparation each time. When we present our ideas in meetings, or even in
Most of us attend presentations regularly where the presenter reads their notes to their audience. They probably stand behind a lectern, notes balanced perfectly and look up and down from the notes, speaking as they go. The question is, do you do this? Why
Imagine that your presentation starts in an hour. You arrive at the venue or meeting room and to your complete horror the projector won’t work with your laptop, they don’t have the MAC adaptor and the slides you spent hours preparing are useless. This is
It’s common to fear public speaking. The main reason people fear public speaking is that you are worried about making a mistake in front of people. No one wants to look silly or foolish in front of their bosses and colleagues, or clients. When you
We’ve all been there! The presenter puts up the slide with 800 words and 5- point font and they say the famous words, “I know you can’t read this, but I’m going to show you anyway!” Ha! Ha! OMG! Don’t do this! There are so
An engineer in one of my training programs said to the group (and to me), ‘But I’m an engineer Michelle, I don’t have to be interesting!’ Ahhh! Are you serious? This is a classic misconception! This engineer is not the first person in a program
Most presenters, even if they are not new to their audience do introduce themselves at the start of their meeting or presentation. I suppose it seems like good manners doesn’t it? In fact, it’s not best practice to start with your name, even though yes,