One of things that I notice in public speaking and presentation skills is that people, including me, focus on the negatives and the “what went wrong” aspect of their speeches. In Chip and Dan Heaths book Switch – How To Change Things When Change is Hard, they talk about the many hours that are spent analysing what went wrong and …
I am reading a book called “18 Minutes – find your focus, master distraction and get the right things done” by Peter Bregman. It is basically about things that you can do to be more effective. One of the tools that Peter talks about is to slow down, pause for 5 seconds and breathe. He talks about the new Google …
Nick Morgan in his article “Before You Open Your Mouth – The Keys To Great Public Speaking”, explains 4 key reasons why speeches can be so awful. They are: 1 Speakers make it about themselves, rather than the audience 2 Speakers don’t take the audience on a journey 3 Speakers don’t rehearse and practise 4 Speakers think about their content but …
Stage fright, nerves, performance anxiety, whatever you want to call it – is a reality for many situations and one that most people will experience at some stage in their life as they take on challenges. It may be on the sporting big stage, performing, your wedding ceremony, a conference presentation or simply undertaking public speaking. I am not a …
Less is often more, Keep It Simple, Be on – be brief – be seated (Franklin D Roosevelt), Men of few words are the best men of all (William Shakespeare), are all ways of saying get to the point and make your message as clear and concise as possible. Most of us read newspapers or magazines, but very few of …
by Bruce Gabrielle August 14, 2012 http://blog.slideshare.net/2012/08/14/5-tips-for-presenting-to-executives/ It is always good when you read articles or books and find that many of the things that you believe in and teach are reaffirmed by these authors and trainers. This article covers 5 tips to use for presenting to executives. In summary they are:- get to the point within 60 seconds Talk …
