How to buy time before speaking

18 February 2023 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Presentations

You're suddenly asked for your opinion, to give an update or deal with a challenging question. Here's how to buy time before you answer.

A simple structure for Business or Tech Stories

30 January 2023 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Featured, Influencing and Persuasion, Presentations, Storytelling

Need to tell a business or tech story but don't know how to structure it? Here's a simple way to put your story together with prompts.

Here’s why your audience is zoning out

16 January 2023 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Presentations, Productive Meetings

Sometimes remote presentations fall as flat as a pancake. To reduce the risk of yours missing the mark, here are 6 reasons why they commonly fail.

How this trick instantly turned Presentation Panic into Cool Composure

5 December 2022 / All Posts, Presentations

If you don't like how you feel when you present, here's how to change that in an instant.

How to get your message through to mixed audiences

21 November 2022 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Featured, Presentations, Productive Meetings

More often than not you'll be presenting to a mixed audience. So how do you keep all of them satisfied? Read this to find out how.

How to get useful feedback at the end of your presentation (instead of blank stares)

21 November 2022 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Featured, Presentations, Productive Meetings

This guide explains three ways you can collate constructive feedback on your proposals and presentations - before they've left the meeting.

How to sound natural when you’ve scripted the whole darn thing

3 April 2022 / All Posts, Featured, Presentations

Writing out a 'script' and sticking it on your screen won't do you any favours. So how can you use prompts without sounding scripted?

How to breathe for voice and calm

18 February 2022 / All Posts, Presentations

Here's how breathe to calm your nerves and power your voice before you present.

Pitching: turning ‘NO’ into ‘YES!’

14 February 2022 / All Posts, Body Language, Effective Communication, Presentations

Here's how one person turned THREE rejections to the SAME client into a yes, after discovering unspoken skills behind pitching.

How to deal with virtual presentations when you can’t see each other

14 February 2022 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Featured, Influencing and Persuasion, Presentations, Productive Meetings

%%excerpt%% Here's how to make remote presentations more engaging, whether the cameras are on or off.