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Episode #250: Building Anticipation With Your Audience

Whenever I hear that Jesper Koll, CEO of WisdomTree Investments Japan, is going to give a talk here in Tokyo,...

Episode #249: Omnichannel Presenting

We normally think of omnichannel in relation to the medium being used to contact buyers. We can also use thi...

Episode #248: Sourcing Ideas For Speeches

Usually when we have an opportunity to make a presentation, we get busy thinking about what we will talk abou...

Episode #247: Presenting In A Post Covid World

The end is near. The end of Covid that is, as we see vaccinations increase and get us all closer to herd imm...

Episode #246: How To Be A Star in Business Interviews

Being interviewed by the media can be a high risk affair, depending on the publication, the journalist and th...

Episode #245: How To Develop Persuasion Power

One consistent issue which often pops up within companies requesting our training is achieving persuasion pow...

Episode #244: What Japanese Presenters Get Wrong

Clients have some common problems with their Japanese leaders. I know this because the same requests keep co...

Episode #243: A Smile, Energy, Eyeline Make Such A Difference When Presenting Online

Once upon a time, we taught public speaking and presentation skills in a class room, with tons of people all ...

Episode #242: Naomi Osaka And The Public Speaking Mindset

“Naomi Osaka would have earned at least $200,000 dollars if she made the Top 16 in the French Tennis Open and...

Episode #241: Presenting On Video

Video is tricky. However, it looks so simple. You just stand in front of the camera and give your talk. I d...

Episode #240: Is Appearing Too Slick A Negative When Presenting

Too smooth politicians, silky salespeople, urbane company thrusters all set off alarm bells. We can meet imp...

Episode #239: Why Engineers Need Presentation Skill Training

English versus mathematics? Easy choice for budding engineers at High School and for when they get to Univer...

Episode #238: How To Present In Breakout Groups

Everyone is getting very swish with the tech these days, as we spend more and more hours in online meetings. ...

Episode #237: Presenting During the Time Of Cancel Culture

“That has to come out”. “Why?”. “It might offend women in the audience”. “But this example is totally in c...

Episode #236: Gold Medal Mistakes When Presenting

Our event speaker was a well-coiffed and well appointed senior executive in one of the world’s biggest corpor...

Episode #235: Ineffective Persuasion Techniques For Presenters

This is horrible. Man, this is so bad, what were they thinking? I am watching a video of a leader asking fo...

Episode #234: The Ultimate Presenting Guide To Owning The Room

There are 13 common mistakes which prevent presenters from owning the room. Here they are - don't do these th...

Episode #233: PM Yoshihide Suga’s Lessons On How Not To Do Public Speaking

Succeeding Shintaro Abe as Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga has now been thrust into the public arena in a new ...

Episode #232: When To Fake It When Presenting

It makes sense to be authentic when presenting, because this is the easiest state to maintain. As someone wi...

Episode #231: Incorrect Assumptions And Fake News About First Impressions

I was watching an “expert” giving a series of video instruction modules on leading dispersed teams, now that ...