What has James Bond and Business Pitches got in Common?
Pitch For Investment For Your Business You have arrived in the cinema with your bucket of popcorn and can of coke and you anticipate watching the new James Bond trailer. Before you have taken your first mouthful of popcorn or sip of Coke, he’s got into an aeroplane without the pilot, out of an […]
Poetry and Pitching: The Similarities!
Regularly when I work with presenters, be they start-ups or established business people, I hear the same plea, how can I explain my business or my business idea in five minutes? You have a choice: you can bore your prospect for 30 to 45 minutes, or you can engage and […]
Presentation Tip from 3 American Presidents
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Presentation Tip: What is the biggest mistake speakers make when preparing/delivering presentations? Answer: They say too much! I will use three former US Presidents; Obama, […]
Be the person with the Gift of the GAB!
“The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.” Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist & poet (1854-1900) Improve Your Story Telling to Win Sales Irish people are generally regarded as good storytellers; we often tell ourselves that we have the gift of the gab. I […]
How do you identify the key message you want to deliver?
Many years ago on the Michael Parkinson Show, Michael interviewed Frederick Forsyth, author of, amongst many bestsellers, ‘The Day of the Jackal’. Michael asked Frederick to explain how he went about writing bestsellers, whereupon he told Parkinson this fascinating story which I like to use as an […]
How do you overcome the fear of public speaking
Speaking in public is the number one fear, rated above death in numerous surveys over the years. We have all met the so-called experts who are happy to give advice to people who speak in public or who are about to speak in public, in spite of the fact that they would never do […]
TEDx Belfast Women invites Andrew Keogh
Improve Your Leadership & Communication Skills Recently I was invited to speak at TEDx Belfast Women on the theme of ‘Invented Here’ and I thought what could be more appropriate than to speak on the subject of improved communications. The title of my talk was ‘The Gift of the Gab’ it’s something we are particularly good […]
Public speaking will advance your Career
Why is it that people are so fearful of speaking to groups? I have a chief executive who has paid me for one-to-one coaching and yet keeps cancelling every appointment we make to meet up and get started? I have people who I meet in companies I work with, who keep saying to me, I […]
Ten Top Tips when preparing a presentation
Find out about your audience i.e. age profile, gender mix, business etc. Ask yourself as a result of my talk what do I want my audience to do, more of, less of, stop or start. Decide what is the key point you want your audience to take away from the presentation. Decide on an […]