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
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,
People often ask me, “is it OK to stand with my legs crossed?” In one word…. No! The main reason is that it draws people’s gaze to your nether region! It also makes you look unstable. Women stand like this a lot. It can
No one is happy all the time, that’s for sure. And honestly, no one expects you to be happy all the time either – unless you are the presenter at a meeting! When you are running a meeting, delivering a presentation or a speech
It’s pretty common to feel a bit like an imposter when presenting your ideas in a meeting, training room or conference situation. Unfortunately, going into your meeting with the feeling that you don’t belong, or you’re not quite ready is only going to harm your
We’ve all been the subject of a pushy salesperson. Someone who seemingly forced us to buy something that we didn’t want or need, and then we regretted it the minute they were gone. At the time you probably felt strong buyer’s remorse and wished you
Australian research lead by Professor John Sweller at the University of NSW has uncovered a theory known as the “cognitive load theory”. It suggests that the human brain processes and retains more information if it is digested in either verbal or written formats, not both
Often when it comes to a winning promotion, or special approval to work on a high-stakes project or extra duties at our existing place of work we assume that the person or committee deciding who will take on the work knows everything about us and
Lots of people create their slides directly from the information in the original report. In other words, they do the work, create a report about that matter, and then transfer the information (the rationale, all the bullet points, the graphs and charts and justification with