Podcast

Episode #360: We Are All Brimming With Stories For Our Presentations

It is a mystery why more people don’t bring storytelling into their presentations. Technical subjects may se...

Episode #359: How To Present When The Topic Is Unforgiving

In some professions, there is a lot of media scrutiny on what the speaker is saying. The organisation they r...

Episode #358: How Casual Should I Be When Presenting?

We know that being formal and stiff creates distance between the speaker and the audience. We also know that...

Episode #357: How Opinionated Should The Presenter Be?

There are facts, provable information, data, research results and opinions. What is the right mix when prese...

Episode #356: Go Bigger When Presenting

I was held up at the hospital, which those who live in Tokyo will know, is a typical occurrence, so I was lat...

Episode #355: When Is Too Much, Too Much When Presenting?

“You are too loud”, “You are too high energy”. These were some survey comments following some training I was...

Episode #354: Presenting To But Not Engaging The Audience

“I have been presenting since I was 17, but I am not good at engaging the audience”. This comment from a ma...

Episode #353: Being Too Expert Can Be A Problem When Presenting

How much is too much? For the expert, the boundaries on this equation can be quite broad. For them, we are ...

Episode #350: Personal Branding As A Presenter

The best personal branding is to say something useful and interesting in a compelling, professional way. Tha...

Episode #349: Eyeball Your Audience When Presenting

Episode #348: Why Are The Elite Still Trotting Out Presentation Rubbish

Episode #347: How To Balance The Content Quality With The Delivery Piece When Presenting

“Greg is all style and no substance”, my erstwhile colleague happily told everyone who would listen, while I ...

Episode #346: Should I Be A Bit Dramatic In My Presentation Or Play It Safe?

I gave a speech recently to a room full of managers, some foreigners and some Japanese. It was an internal t...

Episode #345: Remove Your Distracting Presentation Habits

TikTok, Reels and all of the other super short form visual media are creating a nightmare for presenters. Tw...

Episode #344: The Excellence Of One-On-One Presentation Coaching

The vast majority of the time in our company we are teaching presentation training to groups of fourteen. We...

Episode #343: How To Engage Japanese Audience Members When Presenting

Most foreigner delivered presentations in Japan will be delivered in English and have a mixed audience of bot...

Episode #342: Speak Louder When Presenting

There were three experts on the panel for this luncheon event. One man and two women. They were using micro...

Episode #341: Presenting To Data Vampire Audiences In Japan

When I exchange business cards in Japan, I select from the one designed for a Western audience and another fo...

Episode #340: What To Do When Disaster Hits Just Before Your Presentation

I was reading a post on LinkedIn by an American lady, who spilt coffee over her blouse, just moments before s...

Episode #339: Hybrid Presentations Can Be Fraught

Presenting online is difficult. Presenting in person is difficult. The new hybrid version is a combination o...