I did a short interview recently for someone who ran a Toastmasters in Portugal and one of his questions got me to thinking about why people are afraid of public speaking: it’s not as if it’s a question that’s not been banded around and asked millions of times already. “If I can figure out [...]
I’m doing five hours of lectures today. That’s a long, long bash in one day and I’m anxious about the three hours in the afternoon, particularly, because the room is stepped (very steeply indeed, if my memory of it is accurate). That means that (if I’m not careful about my posture) to [...]
but despite that it’s still worth a few minutes of your time, I’d say.
It’s a brief look at one of Steve Job’s presentations, talking through why it is that his presentations are just so damned cool. Of course, there’s more to it than this, but it’s a nice starting point.
Recently, I attended a seminar given by a ’sales guru’. Great, I thought, as I went in - this will be exactly what I need. Well, sort of!The guru’s presentation style was engaging and the audience was invited (even encouraged!) to get involved: what’s more, there was applause at the end and the [...]
As my daughter did her first freefall a couple of weeks ago, someone jumping with her managed to get some stunning photographs of her as she fell. With her permission (obviously), I’m turning one of them into a slide, showing the three things you need to make a decent presentation. As I looked at the [...]