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Episode #188: When Is High Energy Over The Top

Recently, I was watching a presenter online, teaching others how to do online presentations. Man, he was rea...

Episode #187: How To Moderate Online Meetings

It is a curious word “moderate”. It means “make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent”. The...

Episode #186: Be Clear With Your OnLine Instructions

When we are immersed in our subject, be it a topic we are speaking on or a work theme we have lived and breat...

Episode #185: Confused Or Competent Online Presenting?

The tech factor in online presenting is a juggernaut which sweeps all in its path. I was finishing up a thre...

Episode #184: Dealing With Confrontational Questions In The On-Line World

When we give our presentation on-line we are in full control of the situation. We know what we are going to ...

Episode #183: Dead Dog Covid-19 Presenters

When times are good a lot of things are kept muted, hidden, obscured. As Warren Buffett mentioned about dodg...

Episode #182: Zoom Meetings Starts From Hell - Part Two

In Part One, we looked at planning our first impressions on-line, the importance of rehearsing the presentati...

Episode #181: Zoom Meetings Starts From Hell - Part One

Like a lot of people, I have been searching for the roadmap to determine how to enable my business to survive...

Episode #180: Getting Your Messaging Right In A Crisis

There are plenty of experts providing insight and recommendations for corporates with their messaging during ...

Episode #179: Engaging Covid-19 Isolated Audiences

Once upon a time, isolation from our audience meant we were not getting our message through to them. We were...

Episode #178: Screen Based Strong Messaging Techniques

Most people have trouble getting their message across when they are in front of others and doing it in person...

Episode #177: Covid-19 And On-Line Presentation Skills

GIGO is a useful acronym from the past, which we can employ for the current problem we have conducting busin...

Episode #176 Covid-19 Challenges Leaders' Communication Skills

Most leaders tend to underestimate the importance of communicating with their teams even in normal times. W...

Episode #175: Should I Recycle My Content Between Presentations

We go to a lot of effort to prepare for our presentations. We find the best quality information, assemble t...

Episode #174: Owning Your Material When You Didn't Create It

The minions are swarming around the venue. There are people setting up cameras, sound equipment, teleprompt...

Episode #173: How Much Selling Should You Do During Your Presentation?

The organisers of public presentations are usually not very happy for the presenter to start flogging their ...

Episode #172: Advice For Your First Major Presentation

At different stages in our careers we are asked to give a presentation. It may be a simple reporting on pro...

Episode #171: Who Are You Presenting For

My regular Rotary meeting held every week at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo has a featured speaker. Our speak...

Episode #170: The Big Idea When Presenting

The podium is a powerful place for powerful ideas. The audience has no idea what you are going to say and w...

Episode #169: Small Target Tactics For Hostile Audiences

Presenting isn’t always adoration, adulation, regard and agreement. Sometimes, we have to go into hostile t...