There are many things you can do when you’re working hard to connect with an audience. To do more than just speak to them; to engage their hearts, feelings and hopes. Being interesting is one of the most special skills you can develop. What is interesting to an audience? Obviously relevance comes first. Your audiences, of…
How to improve presentation skills? Should we be more formal? I was asked the question the other day by a Graduate at a top city firm in London. He’d just given a pretty good presentation, under great pressure in a business simulation in front of his boss, colleagues and other senior people in the firm….
Oscar Wilde made a good point when he said that- ”Playwrights tell lies to make a general truth” And as presenters we often have to do the same thing. We have a point to make and we want to make it powerfully and well. And if we have any soul we’ll realise that we’re…
I’m never that bothered about seeing the ‘evaluation reports’ that the crowd fills in after they’ve heard you speak. I always know how it’s gone don’t you? 30, 60, 80 90% as you’d expected it to be, and the reactions that you got after the event, the number who’ve connected to you on twitter or linked in. You always kind of know. But you don’t really do you?