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Episode #29: How Not To Use Your Hands When Presenting

We think of speaking as an activity where we use our voice. That is true but we use a lot more than that. We...

Episode #28: Presentation Advice for Japanese Politicians

Vince Staples, American Hip Hop Rapper, was recently quoted in a Financial Times interview, “You have to pai...

Episode #27: Speaker Final Impressions

Final impressions at the end of a speech are what determine our memory of the person. Life is throwing so m...

Episode #26: Evidence Rich Presentations

There are a number of common structures for giving presentations and one of the most popular is the opening-...

Episode #25: When Presenting You Gotta Have Rhythm

Usually a speech or presentation is somewhere between 30 minutes and an hour long. Obviously, the longer the...

Episode #24: The 55% Of How We Communicate Is Visual Myth

Professor Albert Mehrabian’s 1967 study of communication concluded that 55% of the presenter’s message was r...

Episode #23: The Design Stage Of Presenting

Many people don't start out with a design for their talk. They launch straight into the details, especially...

Episode #22: The Presenter's Mindset

Our mental approach to our activities determines our success. We know this in sports and in business, but w...

Episode #21: How To Prepare For Your Talk

Before jumping straight into the slides to build your presentation, identify your likely audience. It might ...

Episode #20: Showtime Are you Ready Part Two

The hush has now swept across the room. All eyes are fixed on the MC, breaths are being held, awaiting the a...

Episode #19: Showtime - Are You Ready - Part One

Episode #18: How To Kill Your Brand With Public Speaking

Seriously sad really. Our speaker had some excellent points to convey but due to silly basic errors, killed ...

Episode #17: Stage Fright Got you?

Hands and legs quivering, knees knocking together, face turning red, pulse racing, mind whiting out – this i...

Episode #16: Don't Tell Me, Show Me

Japan is an interesting place where there is a lot of respect for people’s job titles and position in the co...

Episode #15: Dale Carnegie's Three Iron Rules Of Public Speaking

Not everyone should be a presenter. We don’t need higher levels of boredom or disinterest than we have alrea...

Episode #14: Goodbye Presentation Nerves

Unexpectedly, twelve time Grand Slam Tennis tournament winner Novak Djokovic has some good advice for public...

Episode #13: Rockin it Women Presenters In Japan

The presentations world is still a male bastion in Nippon. I attend lot of events in Tokyo and probably the ...

Episode #12: Persuasion Power Trump Style

Donald Trump isn’t a textbook presenter. He breaks many of the rules of presenting, but nevertheless he has ...

Episode #11: Wow Them At The End Of Your Presentation

It is rare to see a presentation completed well, be it inside the organization, to the client or to a larger...

Episode #10: That Vital Two Second Window

Question: how long does it take you on average to form a first impression of someone? My presentation traini...