99% Of Presenters Don’t Use This – But You Can’t Get Action Without It

15 September 2025 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Featured, Presentations

In the art of influence, defining the key message the mind-emotion combo that seals the deal. If you want action, get this right when speaking to others.

How To Drive Home Key Messages When You Present – without sounding like a broken record

11 September 2025 / Featured, Influencing and Persuasion, Presentations

Your presentation won't land unless you bang your key message home. Here's how to do it without sounding like a broken record.

How to begin your presentation – so that it engages right from the get-go

8 June 2025 / All Posts, Featured, Presentations, Productive Meetings

Most openings to presentations are functional, at best. Here's how to contruct a short but impactful one that actually incites anticipation and interest.

Why you shouldn’t script a presentation

11 May 2025 / All Posts, Featured, Presentations

Here are 9 reasons that using a script in a presentation doesn't work, plus how to increase engagement by dumping the script.

How to use gesture when you present – and speak to sound confident (even when you’re not)

23 March 2025 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Featured, Presentations

Learn when and how to move and sound to seem more confident: even when you're not.

Tensing Up: How Speaking In The Now Increases Persuasion

9 February 2025 / All Posts, Effective Communication, Featured, Influencing and Persuasion, Job Interviews, Presentations

Convincing others that you can do something that you haven't done for a while - maybe many years ago -...

9 reasons you’re suffering from presentation nerves

11 October 2024 / All Posts, Featured, Presentations

Here are 9 reasons for presentation nerves. If you're looking to conquer them and gain confidence in presenting, read this!

How To Sniff Out Your Audience Before You Present

21 May 2024 / All Posts, Presentations

99% of speakers don't include a key message when they present. If you want to sell your ideas, services or products, it's vital you included it. Here's how to find the right Key Message.

8 Ways To Get What You Want From Presentations

31 October 2023 / All Posts, Featured, Presentations

Here are several ways you can create opportunities to secure the outcome you need after a presentation: don't lose the moment!

The Happy Valley Presentation Structure

2 July 2023 / All Posts, Featured, Presentations, Storytelling

"I still can't understand why we need this" said Lee. This left Marina exasperated. She'd spent a considerable amount of...

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

3rd Party Cookies

This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.

Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.

Additional Cookies

This website uses the following additional cookies:

Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.

Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.