All posts tagged "being brilliant"
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100 best quotes ever from Total Politics
For people like me, who fail to be funny and original at the same time, here’s a set of great quotes from...
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Is David Starkey a racist? Maybe but I wish he’d just get some manners
In all of the blah blah blan about Mr Starkey’s appearance on ‘Newsnight’ to discuss the riots and their causes, there’s one...
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How to Make Anything Interesting – 5 Rules
I once bought a book by Edward de Bono, called ‘How to be Interesting’. It wasn’t. But it’s a great title isn’t...
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Speechwriting and songwriting- Same difference
One of the key skills in developing ‘Flair‘ as a speechwriter and presenter, is learning to use the ‘tricks of the trades’...
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Obama’s speech ‘tricks’- easy to learn if you know how.
President Barack Obama is used so often as an example of a great speaker by ‘experts’ that he’s almost become a cliche....
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The simplest story structure for presenters
Most corporate presentations lack that little bit of ‘story structure’ that is the foundation of making sense to, and being remembered by, the...
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Stand Out
Q. How much should we say in a presentation?- depends what the customer wants
It’s all about knowing your audience isn’t it? If you don’t know what will ‘fit’ for them, you’re almost always forced into...
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Delivering your presentation
Pitching- If you’re not committed you’ll fail and hate yourself anyway
Here’s a great clip from YouTube with Michelle Pfeiffer explaining how she got the most important role in her life- Elvira, in...
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When the presentation doesn’t matter- England crash out in the first round of a World Cup- Again!
England was humiliated yesterday. Not by its football (soccer) team, or football ‘fans’, for once, but at the FIFA held unveiling of the countries chosen...
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