All posts tagged "Personal impact"
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51CharismaSmall Changes to the Rhetoric for Big Results
Following on from Jim’s earlier article on becoming a more charismatic speaker, here’s a list of the techniques you can employ and...
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103CharismaCharisma Is What You Do – Not Who You Are
Part of your job as a presenter is to earn the right to be listened to. You earn the right by connecting...
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3.4K1ConfidenceWant to be a brilliant speaker? Try this
My 13-year-old son asked me to let him show me his football skills the other day. I was delighted, because until that...
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3.2K2Conversational SkillsJeremy Clarkson only had one verbal trick – it works
The soon to be forgotten Jeremy Clarkson has built his career out of this single skill. No, not bullying, whingeing and feeling...
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3.2KBusiness DevelopmentMeet Jim & Anna – or how to bring ‘dead boring’ to life
Clare is one of those consultants who could (if only she sat where I sit) see that she has all of the...
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2.8KConfidenceCall yourself a platform speaker – you’re missing something. Learn from the Porsche 911
If you’re still using PowerPoint with a ‘clicker’ stood behind a lectern, you’re gathering dust faster than a dozing grandaddy. It’s not...
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30.2KConfidenceAmy Cuddy at TED: Your body language shapes who you are
In this fascinating TED talk, social psychologist Amy Cuddy starts with two good questions: Our non-verbals govern how other people think and feel...
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6925ConfidenceThe 5 most irritating things that good presenters do but great presenters don’t
We all have good and bad days as presenters. I think that complacency is a performer’s most dangerous (legal) habit. In pondering the...
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307BooksMalcolm Gladwell on connecting with an audience
You know who he is. He’s the zeitgeist shaping writer of such popular classics as ‘Outliers’, ‘The Tipping Point’ and ‘Blink’. He’s...
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