Thought Leadership

Why Engineers in Japan Need Strong Presentation Skills

Engineering students often choose math and science over communication skills. At university and early in their...

Presentation Skills in Japan — Balancing Professionalism and Cultural Expectations

In Western business culture, a confident, polished stage presence signals credibility. But in Japan, overt smo...

Video Presentation Skills for Executives

Video seems simple: stand in front of the camera and speak. Yet in practice, most executives lose 20% of their...

Improving Japanese Presentation Skills — Clarity, Confidence, and Impact

Many Japanese presenters excel at compiling data but overwhelm audiences with slides packed with information a...

Persuasion in Business Presentations — Structuring Punchline, Context, and Benefits

Frustration arises when colleagues, bosses, or subordinates reject requests or ideas. The common mistake? Pres...

Mastering Media Interviews, Panels, and Podcasts — Dale Carnegie Training Tokyo

Media interviews can build or damage your personal and corporate brand depending on the journalist, platform, ...

Planning Effective Presentations Through Collaboration — Dale Carnegie Training Tokyo

Many presenters rush to build slides or recycle old ones without clarifying the central message. This leads to...

Omnichannel Presentation Skills — Engaging Brain, Heart, Gut, and Sex Appeal | Dale Carnegie Tokyo

Executives often prepare presentations packed with facts, data, and rational arguments. While logic is essenti...

Building a Personal Brand Through Professional Presentations — Dale Carnegie Training Tokyo

In today’s business world, being recognized as a strong presenter builds your personal brand. Audiences flock ...

Storytelling for Business Success — Lessons from Zig Ziglar, Parables, and Dale Carnegie Training in Tokyo

Executives and managers often struggle to persuade, motivate, and inspire their teams. Too many presentations ...

Storytelling in Business Presentations

Why do some business presentations inspire immediate action, while others fade into the background? For execut...

7 Easy Steps To End Your Fear of Public Speaking

Public Speaking is the best marketing tool we have today. It costs close to nothing and gives you a platform t...

How Casual Should I Be When Presenting?

We know that being formal and stiff creates distance between the speaker and the audience. We also know that a...

How To Murder Your Personal Brand In Business In Japan

When you get up and speak in front of an audience, you are putting your professional and personal brand on the...

Making Yourself Clear

Public speaking throws up many fears and challenges for all of us.  As part of High Impact Presentations, one ...

Show Me, Don’t Tell Me

Japan is an interesting place where there is a lot of respect for people’s job titles and position in the comp...

Presentations Effectiveness

This article will: Stimulate your thinking about ramping up your business Bring you insights from the best tr...

How To Speak To Unruly, Alcohol Fuelled Crowds

Booze and chat are the enemy of event programme speakers. The level of audience rudeness, especially here in J...

Storytelling Is A Winner

Having the ability to influence decisions separates the leaders in business from the rest. Getting others to a...

Two Minutes To Speaker Oblivion

Your name is called, you are ushered up to the podium. You are in the limelight, all eyes are on you, here is ...