“Be judged not by your words, but by your actions”
Improve Your Presentation Skills Having listened to somebody present to you, are you likely to remember everything they said? No, that’s very unlikely! What you will remember is how they made you feel – uplifted, informed, enthused, energised, happy, content, inspired! Would you be happy if your listeners experienced some of these emotions when you […]
“SELF – US – NOW” Presentations Template
The Importance of Building Business Relationships Successful Entrepreneurs always have an engaging story to tell about how they got the idea to start their business and how it solves a problem for some group of people. However, after some years in business, they need to have the courage to jettison their startup story and create […]
3 Steps to Success
Billie Jean King, winner of 39 tennis grand slams, says: “Sport is entertainment; everything is about the audience whether you give a speech or play tennis.” After Billie Jean’s retirement from top-class tennis, she was regularly asked to speak. Here are the three pieces of advice she gave to audiences! Relationships are everything Keep learning […]
It’s about Relationships – Stupid!
Presentation Skills The headline is the title of a Presentation Skills Workshop I regularly deliver to my clients, where I impress upon them the importance of talking less about themselves and what they do while putting more emphasis on their prospect and the problems they can solve for them. I am old school and believe […]
Great Presentation Skills = Leadership Success
Michael Gerber said… “Work on your business, not in your business“ Many of us do work in the business, we are busy being busy and lose sight of the critical things a good leader should be focusing on. I encounter this regularly in my consulting business where senior executives engage me to help them prepare for […]
Life is too short to listen to BORING Presentations …
Presentation Skills Coaching – Choose engaging & entertaining stories and your audience will put away their devices It’s an old joke, but a good one concerning public speaking – “If you have not struck oil after ten minutes, stop boring.” Recently I sat through one of the most boring speeches I’ve heard in a long, […]
4 Steps to a Successful Pitch Presentation
I recently received a slide deck from a prospective client who wishes to have more success when pitching for business and was seeking my help. On reviewing their deck, I made the following observations. Like the majority of decks I receive, it started by telling all about themselves and then preceded to tell all about […]
THE END … Do you hear “WOW!” or “Let’s get out of here?”
“A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill.” Lord Mancroft When working with clients to prepare them for important presentations, I have noticed over the years that they always start at the beginning, and proceed to […]
A video conversation on how to be a great speaker
Presenting & Communication Tips Aristo, from a Greek name, means “to be the best”. Here is Andrew Keogh of Aristo talking to Don Harris of Talkback about communication tips, how Aristo helps people to be the best in communicating, presenting and telling their business story. Are you nervous of presenting? Perhaps you feel you could […]
LESS IS MORE – Shorter, more effective presentations
Deliver More Effective Presentations A couple of weeks ago I listened to the BBC Radio 4 interview with Dame Judy Dench, as part of their anniversary of 60 years of radio news. Dame Judy spoke about what she had learned over her sixty years career. She told a story of how she played Ophelia in […]