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I often talk about and write about the power of silence and the value of a pause in public speaking and presentation skills. The silence allows you to breath, it allows the audience time to take in and digest what you have said, it allows you time to recover if your mind goes blank, it demonstrates calmness and confidence, and …
Enclosed is an article from this months Management Today. The tips closely echo what I teach, so it is always nice to know that someone else agrees with you. Enjoy, Peter
When speaking to audiences, dealing with hecklers is always a concern. This is especially the case if you are delivering bad news or talking about something unpopular or contentious. Two ways you can simply deal with hecklers are to one; acknowledge their point of view and right to speak and two; use humour to defuse the situation. And self deprecating …
Benjamin Franklin said “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn”. Did you know that if you give people some facts, there is a 5% to 10% retention rate. If you add a visual image retention can increase up to 25% to 30%. If you tell a story with examples and it is …
The bucket model for answering questions is simply thinking of all the hundreds of questions that you could be asked to answer and then sorting them into common themes or buckets. It might be questions about price, planning, quality, time frames, contingency plans, return on investment etc. You sort these key themes and place each theme in its own bucket …
I recently ran a Webinar on tips and tools to present more confidently and effectively. Before running the Webinar I surveyed all the registrants on what was their number one problem or concern around public speaking and presenting. The slide below summarises the 8 most common problems people encounter when public speaking. Not surprisingly, fear, nerves and anxiety around public …
