All posts tagged "persuasion"
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5.2KConfidenceHow to Plan for the Unexpected Questions
Of course it’s always possible to be caught of guard but, in business, we can reduce the chances of that. Reasoned responses...
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Fit Focus Flair
Presenting to angry and difficult audiences? Try subtlety
I was forced to attend a driver education programme in the UK recently, having been caught on a speed camera doing 34...
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3.3KFit Focus Flair
Writing a Business Presentation Conclusion? Follow Shakespeare’s Advice
I saw Ralph Fiennes in Trevor Nunn’s production of Shakespeare’s Tempest at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London last night. The whole cast...
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What will your audience remember?
So what's the point of presenting anything? To make it more likely that they'll remember a relevant, tiny fraction of the message...
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1.6KFit Focus Flair
5 simple speech structures- Quick Start
Here’s a really useful guide to speech structure. A quick start to organising your thinking for 5 common types of business presentations...
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Fit Focus Flair
Never present the catalogue- Product presentations and catalogues are not the same thing
Jan Schultink makes a valuable point very simply when he shows us how to make an endless listing of our products into...
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Fit Focus Flair
Motivating Geeks- a Lesson for us all
I’ve been working in Barcelona again this week, with a global pharmaceutical company, and here’s a small, but significant lesson I learned...
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Confidence
How to undermine your point with weak language
Imagine the scene. You’ve spent days preparing a major presentation to a new client, and you’re coming to the end of the...
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Fit Focus Flair
What’s the best way to sell an idea in a sales pitch?
It’s a question I’m often asked by clients- The honest answer is, obviously, ‘It depends on who’s in the audience’ but in reality you...
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