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Episode #149: Successful Presentations Need Good Structure

It is a bad sign when a presentation makes me sleepy, especially if it is at lunch time. It is very common ...

Episode #148: Tech Presenters Please Stop Making Stupid Errors

I am sitting there with a crowd of people attending a presentation on blockchain technology. Some are very ...

Episode #147: How To Be An Inspiring Presenter

At the start of our class on High Impact Presentations, we ask the participants to think about what type of ...

Episode #146: Presentation Training Insights

Aya McCrindle recently graduated from our High Impact Presentations Course and did her first TED talk. She w...

Episode #145: Man I Hate Sitting Through Underperforming Presentations

This global company is a household name in Japan. They have spent a fortune getting the brand name known he...

Episode #144: How To Be More Concise, Clear And Persuasive When Presenting

We run training on presentations and public speaking continuously. These three requests to be more concise, ...

Episode #143: Man, Your Monotone Is Killing Me

Normally we expect Japanese speakers to be boring, because their language is a monotone and so they apply th...

Episode #142: Visual Elements In Presentations

There is no question visuals are super powerful in presentations. This can range from your eye contact, bod...

Episode #141: The Power Of Conversational Style When Presenting

We often see presenters elevated up on stage or positioned at the front of the room, flanked by or under a s...

Episode #140: Avoiding Flat Presentations

“The good is the enemy of the great” is a clever saying and very true. In presenting terms we can have peop...

Episode #139: Is How I am Dressed Important When Presenting

There is an old saying about lies, damn lies and statistics. An often misquoted statistic in the presenting...

Episode #138: Senior Executives In A Public Speaking Competition Was So Revealing

Speech contests and debating contests are usually for younger people at school or university. It is not oft...

Episode #137: Facial Animation Needed For Presenting Success

We have all seen it. The presenters face is expressionless, wooden, devoid of emotion or life. It is usual...

Episode #136: Why Japanese Presenters Fear Q&A

Obviously we all have some trepidation when it comes to Q&A, but Japan is quite far behind the rest of t...

Episode #135 Why Do You Need to Bother With Presenting?

As usual I got the venue early. I was doing what I teach others in sales to do, get to the venue early, che...

Episode #134: Dealing With The Q&A Part Of Presenting

Japan is quite interesting in the sense that you often don’t get any questions after your presentation. Scr...

Episode #133: How Do You Follow On From Really Bad Or Really Great Presenters

One of the most painful experiences as a presenter is watching the speaker before you put the entire crowd t...

Episode #132: Subtly Selling Yourself When Presenting

We have all been there. The speaker gets up to speak after they have had their resume read out by the MC or ...

Episode #131: Hey, Stop Fidgeting When Presenting

It has never been tougher to be a speaker. We live in the age of hyper distraction, with instant gratificati...

Episode #130: The Presenting Persona

Be authentic, be yourself, be conversational - all good advice, except the presenter does have a distinct ro...