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Episode #208: Outlining Your Talk Using The Balloon Brainstorming Technique

A request came to me recently asking me to speak to an audience. So my first question was, “what would you l...

Episode #207: As A Presenter What You Can Learn From Trump

This recent debate is a hot button topic. Let me set the record straight, I am an Australian living in Tokyo,...

Episode #206: Where Do Presentations Go Off The Rails?

You see it. The presenter publicly self-immolates. They might butcher the start, get lost in the weeds of th...

Episode #205: Lessons From The Virtual World For Presenters

It was a strange feeling. I was back in the Super Safe Classroom after 7 months of teaching solely LIVE On L...

Episode #204: Being Clear And Being Hopeful

Speaking is easy, so being clear should be easy too. Well that sounds good in theory, but there is more hope...

Episode #203: Seven Tips From The Front Lines Of Presenting

I have the opportunity to give a number of presentations each year. I video them as well, so I can study whe...

Episode #202: How To Become A Much Clearer And Better Regarded Presenter

Waffle. This is the enemy of speakers and presenters. Ums and Ahs are obvious fillers. We all recognise th...

Episode #201: Energy Makes Such A Difference In The Online Small Screen

Trapped in a small screen in the corner of the monitor has become everyone’s reality when we have group meeti...

Episode #200: Business Presentations Are Not Boring, But You May Be

We have all grown up in business watching internal presentations at our firms. It might be a big announcemen...

Episode #199: Why Your Posture Is Important When Presenting

“Don’t round your back”, “Stand up straight”, “Pull your shoulders back”, are common parental commands when w...

Episode #198: Stand And Deliver When Presenting Online

We have all migrated back to our homes, waiting for the great pandemic to subside, so that when the coast is ...

Episode #197: Tech, Technique and Truth When Presenting

“Don’t waste a good crisis” is the sort of advice you don’t really wish to receive. Who wants a crisis at an...

Episode #196: How To Maintain Audience Interest When Presenting

Maintaining the audiences’ attention presumes you actually have their interest in the first place, doesn’t it...

Episode #195: It Is Not Back To Normal As A Presenter - Part Three

In Parts One and Two, we have covered the mentality needed to be a professional presenter, how to structure t...

Episode #194: It Is Not Back To Normal As A Presenter – Part Two

In Part One we looked at the opportunity available for people who want to improve their presentation, persuas...

Episode #193: It Is Not Back To Normal As A Presenter – Part One

Gradually people are streaming back to the office, after having been sequestered away at home for many months...

Episode #192: Oh Yeah, Another Critical Key for Both Online and In-Person Presenting Success

So far I have looked at the eye and voice power aspects when presenting, whether you are full form in front o...

Episode #191: One More Critical Key for Both Online and In-Person Presenting Success

Previously I talked about the importance of eye contact when presenting, whether online or in the venue with ...

Episode #190: One Critical Key For Both Online and In-Person Presenting Success

Lockdown has ended in Japan and we are caught in a sort of phony war, where neither online nor in-person has ...

Episode #189: Today's OnLine Presenters Are Demented One Dimensionals

Webinar and after webinar, I see presenters delivering such substandard efforts that I quiver with fear for t...