When we are facilitating groups or training people in a training course at work it’s common to put people in activities so they can chat, experience, practice and learn. We know that it’s a good idea to facilitate as much hands-on activity as possible because
Don’t expect your ‘canned’ presentation to work the same way with all audiences every time! It’s important that you don’t assume that your standard keynote/presentation is going to work for everyone, even if you’ve been saying or doing the same thing for years. We are all
In one of my Persuasive Presentation Skills Masterclasses we were talking about how (contrary to popular belief) the slides are not ‘the presentation’. In fact, the slides are just one of your visual aids to reinforce your key messages for your audience. We were
There’s this thing in presenting called the emotional objective. It’s essentially the way you want your audience to feel both during your meeting, and once you’ve finished presenting. It’s a good thing to work this out before you present. A master presenter knows the emption
One of the things people comment to me about a lot is how impressed they are that I remember people’s names. They ask me, “how do you do that?” Then they say, “I’m terrible with names!” When people admit to me that they are terrible
Sometimes when we are nervous it’s hard to speak at a level that’s easy for our audience to hear. When we feel self-conscious it’s very easy to lower your voice and just talk as quickly and quietly as possible so that this terrible presentation that
Death by PowerPoint is where the presenter just clicks through one slide after the other and you feel like you’re dying a thousand deaths. When you’re in the audience isn’t it so boring? It’s also a gigantic waste of your time. It’s even a waste
https://vimeo.com/425834662 What NOT to do: Don’t freak out if the technology fails in your presentation We’ve all seen the presenter do the metaphorical tap dance when their technology fails. They embarrass themselves, the audio team (if there is one) and the audience cringes.
Perhaps you’ve experienced rude or difficult behaviour during your meetings, conferences or presentations. It’s not easy to deal with hostile audiences – those who are always looking at their phones, having side conversations, or people who really love the sound of their own voice and