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“Many People Say” And Other Strategies For Dealing With Pushback

Donald Trump has made this technique of “many people say….” famous for dealing with opposing views. This is...

How To Sell Your Presentation To Pull An Audience

Whether we asking to give a talk or asked to present, we need an audience. The onus is on the meeting hosts...

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 ...

Seven Tips From The First Line Of Presenting

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

Episode #416: Unlocking The Vortex. How To Engage And Inspire Any Audience In Japan

Think about the business presentations you have attended over the years. How many speakers were really enga...

Episode #415: Engaging Audiences: Why Eye Contact Challenges Presenters In Japan

At different times, I have done both formal and informal one-on-one coaching for people who want to improve ...

Episode #414: How to Promote Your Company When Presenting Without Sounding Like a Sales Pitch In Japan

Recently, I was asked to coach the President of a 100,000 person company with a long history for his present...

Episode #413: Seamless Slides and Stellar Delivery. Unlocking AI’s Potential in Presentations In Japan

Something I had never heard of before called “Steampunk” popped up in my TikTok feed. Now I write a daily bl...

Episode #412: Expert Tips To Standout As A Panellist In Japan-Engage, Project, Impress

We see a lot written about public speaking and presenting. Usually it is on the assumption we are the sole s...

Episode #411: Storytelling in Public Speaking In Japan: Harsh Lessons From The Chamber of Commerce Showdown

I had two interesting experiences last week. One was watching the aspirants for a top position in a Chamber...

Episode #410: Why the First Question Matters - The Role of “Sakura” in Japanese Business Events

In Australian politics, they call it a “Dorothy Dixer”. This is when one of your confederates from your own...

Episode #409: Use Your Visuals Checklist When Presenting In Japan

There are 6 elements we should check when putting our visuals together. Review this checklist before you st...

Episode #408: Tech Talkers Need Help In Japan

It's been a while since I attended a highly technical talk by serious experts. The audience, however, was no...

Episode #407: Coffee Chats Do Not Train You For Presenting In Japan

As a vigorous networker, constantly in motion, always looking for new clients, I attend a lot of events. Us...

Episode #406: Should We Lie In Our Presentations In Japan?

This seems a ridiculous construct – of course we when we are presenting in business we shouldn’t lie. Howeve...

Episode #405: All Style No Substance Presenting In Japan

It was a big affair. The entire Shinsei Bank retail staff were assembled for a series of updates from the D...

Episode #404: Speaking With Impact In Japan

Recently I was teaching a class of technical experts to have more impact when they spoke. Like many special...

Episode #403: Why Did Josh Shapiro’s Convention Speech Fall Flat?

Josh Shapiro, the Governor of Tennessee, was regarded by many as certain to be Kamala Harris’s pick for the ...

Episode #402: Presenters Who Hit The Mark

Watching the avalanche of speakers to the Democratic National Convention has been interesting. Some really ...

Episode #401: Criticising And Being Negative When Giving Public Speeches In Japan

In my observation, American politics continues to descend into a morass of nastiness topped up with a lot of...