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Episode #68: Having More Presence As A Speaker

Two different presenters and a big occasion. The five star hotel ballroom was packed and a lot of attention ...

Episode #67: How To Come Up With Speech Content

Their request arrives. “Would you please give a presentation to our group?”. You check on what they would li...

Episode #66: Presenting: Good Is The Enemy Of Great

I was recently reminded of this point about a good presentation being the enemy of a great presentation. Two...

Episode #65: Interview By Guy Perryman Tokyo InterFM 897

As presenters we work across many mediums. Most often we are standing in front of an audience presenting. ...

Episode #64: Oprah's Golden Globe's Speech Carries Smart Lessons

Oprah Winfrey has been celebrated by many for her recent acceptance speech at the Golden Globes event. It pr...

Episode #63: No Warning Speaking

Suddenly you hear your name being called upon and you are being requested to make a few remarks. Uh oh. No p...

Episode #62: The Power Of Rhetorical Questions

Questions in general are powerful tools for speakers. They bring focus to key points we want to get across. ...

Episode #61: Have A Point Of View

Often we will hear a presentation and receive a lot of information from the presenter, but we are not really...

Episode #60: Zen Presenting

Zen study is a way to strip out all of the non-essentials in life. The noise, the distraction, the things th...

Episode #59: Bailed Out By The Brand

My eyes are closing. I am struggling to stay awake. There is something about this presentation that is not w...

Episode #58: Crazy Things Smart People Say

Education can be a barrier to intelligence sometimes. This is often the case with people educated in very ha...

Episode #57: How To Captivate Your Audience

We can speak to a group and then there is another level, where we try to captivate our audience. What makes ...

Episode #56: The Danger Of Longevity

Sometimes you see a confident presenter really bomb. It doesn’t happen all that often, but when it does, the...

Episode #55: Job Well Done

When you see someone do a very good presentation, your faith in humanity is restored. There are so many poor...

Episode #54: Pink Elephant Your Way To Influence

Don’t think of a pink elephant. Did you think of one when you read that sentence? It shows how easily we can...

Episode #53: How To Make A Magnificent Acceptance Speech

You want to promote your business or organisation, so that you can be more successful. A genius idea pops up...

Episode #52: Do Your Homework

I was at a speech recently, given by a very prominent person, an extremely experienced speaker, to a very pr...

Episode #51: Nerves Are Not Needed

Speaking in front of others makes many people tongue tied and nervous. They struggle to get through a simple...

Episode #50: Let's Be Clear

Most talks and presentations we hear, we cannot recall. Why is that? We were there presumably because we had...

Episode #49: How To Rehearse Your Presentation

Every performance is better when practiced beforehand and presenting is no different. We don’t do it for a m...