A friend of mine runs an art gallery in Liverpool. - she’s called Lydia and she’s lovely. Reading a blog article of hers called “A picture’s worth a thousand words” reminded me that cliches are cliches for a reason - firstly because you need to avoid them when you’re presenting, obviously, but secondly [...]
The second in the list of “Stating the obvious“… or “Stuff you’ll kick yourself for if you don’t sort out”
Some times it’s so obvious it shouldn’t need to be a tip… But the obvious isn’t always obvious, so here goes.
Have a checklist.
Seriously: have it all written down.
By ‘it’ I mean all the things you need [...]
This is the first of a set of a short series (13 I think!) of “the blinding obvious” when it comes to making presentations - particularly, in terms of dealing with the nerves associated with presenting. After all, it’s all very well and good talking about the subtle stuff but there’s quite a bit [...]
It might not happen to you, but it might just… you’re called on to give a relatively big presentation and they tell you that there will be plenty of light - a spotlight on you, even. Wow. You can’t fail to be seen - after all, they’re shining a big, bright light at you…If only [...]
Well, the Archbishop of Canturbury has really hit the news for a bit of public speaking this week! For example, the Telegraph talks about it here; a BBC article can be found here. If nothing else, it’s a sure-fire indication that people haven’t lost their interest in public speaking and so on.
There’s an interesting [...]
I’ve been reading up and studying a little on the art/science/craft of meditation, for reasons of my own. (Here, for example.) One of the things that struck me - as mentioned in that very blog! - is how often people who take up the practice seem to comment and/or complain to their instructor [...]
How often have you struggled to hear a presenter? More than you care to? The good news is that you’re not along - even professional actors are having problems making their voices carry to the back of the room.
It’s ironic, isn’t it, that people are worried about not being “real” when they perform [...]
Happy New Year to everyone. I hope 2008 works out well for you. I just spent New Year’s Eve at Epcot in Disney World, Florida. If anyone can do fireworks, it’s Disney! They also ‘invented’ a technique for looking at projects and problems which I’ll talk about some time, but for [...]