How great speakers end presentations

7 October 2020 / All Posts, Presentations

Ending a presentation can feel awkward. Once if grinds to a halt, you're left weakly asking, "Any questions?" or an ...

3 ways to use anticipation to keep your audience alert (and wanting what you’ve got)

14 June 2020 / All Posts, Influencing and Persuasion, Presentations

The danger of an audience drifting off mentally when they're in front of you is as imminent online as when ...

7 ways to hook your audience when presenting online

24 May 2020 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Presentations, Productive Meetings

Guilty! I admit it. I've logged into online presentations, turning off the camera and mic.All very convenient as this gave ...

The painful way to open online meetings – and how to avoid it

22 May 2020 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Presentations, Productive Meetings

It’s 2pm and some of your workmates are at a project meeting in their pyjamas.One person has just been involved ...

What everybody needs to be doing with technical presentations

1 March 2020 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Influencing and Persuasion, Presentations

You know your stuff but sometimes we take for granted how much others understand.The issue with specialists, technical or otherwise, ...

How to make your content 10x clearer through gesture

23 February 2020 / All Posts, Body Language, Effective Communication, Presentations

How to use gesture to make your content 10x clearerWant to keep your audience with you, even with the most ...

7 quick ways to ace your public speaking overnight

16 February 2020 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Presentations

With surveys throwing up death as being vastly preferable to giving a presentation, making speaking in public easy - and ...

How to slow down your speech when presenting (so it becomes second nature)

26 January 2020 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Influencing and Persuasion, Presentations

You're nervous. You take to the stage, clicker in hand.All eyes are on you as the room falls silent in ...

7 ways to boost your authority – without feeling like a fraud

6 January 2020 / All Posts, Body Language, Effective Communication, Influencing and Persuasion, Presentations

How we appear to others matters at least as much as what we say.   You may have certain questions before ...

How to get rid of this common and irritating speech habit – transcript

15 December 2019 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Influencing and Persuasion, Presentations

Click on the picture to watch the 2 min videohttps://youtu.be/9_x5C1XkHro"The problem with her is she's got such selective listening.  ...