Napoleon had a great scriptwriter and bad barber
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
– Napoleon Bonaparte
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
– Napoleon Bonaparte
Ok. it’s not ideal but sometimes were called upon to make a speech with little or no time to prepare, so what do we do? We spend the time on structure not content, that’s what. Structure is the skeleton of the speech and just enough structure allows us the freedom to fill in the gaps…
Seven Part Personal Branding Series: The Importance of Branding Personal Brand Building: Niche Personal Brand Building: Differentiation Personal Brand Building: Branding Personal Brand Building: Affiliation Personal Branding Case Study: Garr Reynolds Personal Branding Litmus Test You’ve probably heard of ‘coat-tail marketing’. In the blogging world, it’s the idea of associating your small blog with a…
This was going to be a reasoned summary of all of the latest thinking on retention & memory, to help presenters get their audiences to remember what they’ve spent ages preparing to tell them. But it’s now something different. Why? Because I began to wonder, yet again… Why it is that when I’ve read Macbeth…
Tony Blair, then the UK Prime Minister, went to speak to the formidable ladies of the Women’s Institute (WI) in June 2000. The WI is a conservative body of middle class women who know what they like and is not the most natural audience for a socialist (ish) Prime Minister. He made the mistake (and…
Use Alliteration: Alliteration is the deliberate arrangement of words with the same letters and sounds at their start for explosive effect. Alliteration is a trick of the spoken word. A technique that is very popular with tabloid newspaper editors, TV presenters and poets… Examples: Magazine articles: “Science has Spoiled my Supper”, “Too Much Talent in…
We do love light-bulbs! They represent ideas, innovation and positivity. In our free Prezi template this month, we have used a simple light-bulb layout to help you translate your content into an engaging, well-organised and inspiring presentation. By following this structure, you will help your viewers to follow your message, understand the sections of the presentation and how…