Posts By Jim Harvey
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Delivering your presentation
Speaking to international audiences
I’ve spent 15 years or so travelling the world and talking to thousands of people in the course of my work and...
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1.9K1Business Development
Worrying and the consultant
I’ve been running my own businesses since I was 25. I didn’t choose to but I was made redundant in the last...
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First Impressions
Go on then tell us what you do…
We’ve talked for a few times about elevator pitches, and as so often happens, we like the idea of having an interesting,...
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1.9KBusiness Development
What makes something relevant to business audience ?
What makes something relevant to someone? People, are most interested in things that help them and their business become more successful. Success...
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Fit Focus Flair
Making things relevant
When you’re presenting a subject to an audience, you’re looking for ‘relevance’, to make the thing you’re talking about fit a need...
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Connecting with the audience
Meaning what you say when cynicism is cool
Great public speakers are really good at sounding like they mean what they say. They practise it, they check for it and...
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Creating your visual aids
What is presentation ‘clutter’?
PowerPoint slides, jokes, data, Waffle, jargon, handouts (paper), Anecdotes with no punchline, Or point to help you underline, Music, graphics, sound...
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Creating your visual aids
Removing ‘clutter’ from your presentations
You’re going to look around a new house on a Saturday morning. You’re making a commitment already. You’ve given up 2 hours...
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Confidence
First learn how to fall
I was cycling through the quiet morning streets of Barcelona’s old town yesterday, on a bicycle that’s part of the successful public...
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