A coupe of weeks ago, in the ultimate guide to storytelling, I wrote about how stories are easier to recall than facts or figures, because they activate lots of different parts of the human brain – in a sense, listeners experience the story. In this follow-up article I outline a classic storytelling structure that has […]
Let’s picture the scene. You are sitting in an audience waiting for the next presentation to begin. For the past hour your time has been consumed by data, bullets and lots of technical information. Now imagine the next speaker takes to the stage and launches into a PowerPoint presentation full of complex text and cluttered […]
I’m delighted to introduce an interview with Matt Abrahams. Matt is a passionate, collaborative and innovative educator and coach who teaches Strategic Communication for Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Presentation Skills for Stanford’s Continuing Studies Program, and De Anza College. Matt is also Co-Founder of Bold Echo, which is an industry leading communication coaching consulting practice. During […]
I’m delighted to introduce an interview with Pres Vasilev. Pres Vasilev rose above 30,000 contestants from 122 countries to become the 2013 World Champion of Public Speaking. He is the President of Pres Says, Inc., a company specialising in training business leaders and sales teams to achieve greater influence, productivity, and profits. During my chat with Pres […]
I’m delighted to introduce an interview with Dave Mac Gimpsey, a communications trainer and founder of Presentation Blogger. Dave’s blog is dedicated to helping real people deliver effective, confident, and anxiety-free talks, presentations, and workshops in business and social settings. During my chat with Dave we discuss: Tips for delivering presentations in the workplace (3:09) How to […]
This article is a very special one for Communicate You blog. I’ve gathered together some of Ireland’s leading public speaking and presentation coaches to garner some top tips and advice. Here are some of the topics covered in the post: Advice for a beginner speaker Dealing with stage fright Connecting with an audience Catherine Moonan […]
A couple of weeks ago I sat down for a chat with Eoghan McDermott. Eoghan is a Director of The Communications Clinic and Head of Training. He provides public speaking and presentation advice and training to government departments and agencies, political parties and organisations in industries as varied as banking, accountancy, legal, engineering, sport, media, insurance […]
In today’s world, technical people including scientists, engineers, and programmers are being challenged more and more frequently to give presentations to others. And not just to other techies. Often they are speaking to people with little or no technical expertise. Nothing will bore an audience faster than if you jump into a jargon-filled and overly-technical speech. So […]
Making presentations has always been a part of business life. But for many years the idea of a good business presentation was to simply read the content of your slides aloud to an audience. If someone had a presentation due tomorrow the tendency was to just start dumping information onto slides and then wing the talk-to-people part. The resulting presentation had no theme, no core message, and no memorable […]
I’m delighted to introduce an interview with Hilari Weinstein. Since 1998, Hilari has trained more than 2,500 professionals through her business High Impact Communication. Her training specialises in helping clients: Gain greater confidence and be more comfortable Communicate with greater clarity and authenticity Be effective communicators in a variety of contexts Make their message memorable During my […]