Tag Archives: public speaking
Presentation Q&A: How Can I Stop People Tweeting During My Presentations?
It’s easy. Be interesting. Be so interesting that people forget that Twitter even exists....
Three Great Ways to Structure Your Presentation
1. Say What You’re Going to Say There are many ways to structure a...
Preparing For Q&A Sessions
Allowing your audience to ask questions can be quite daunting for most presenters because...
The Text May Be A Bit Too Small to Read
One very important question to ask when designing presentation slides is: “Will the audience...
What Would Steve Do?
The main message that I want to convey to you with this series of...
Use Theatre and Magic to Captivate Your Audience
When Steve Jobs stood up to talk, he didn’t give a presentation, he gave...
Show Your Passion To Engage Your Audience
Making it all about the audience is our first really powerful step towards emulating...
Make It Memorable: Use a Tagline
Whenever Steve Jobs talked about a product he had a tagline: For...
Why This Is The Best Thing That You’ve Ever Done
It’s all very well to sell a dream but emotional decisions can lead to...
Why Should the Audience be Excited by Your Idea or Product?
There are two ways to persuade an audience: 1. Logic 2. Emotion For most...
Practice Until You’re a Natural
Ask anyone why they think Steve Jobs was a great speaker and they’ll usually...
Presentation Tip: Put Less Text on Your Slides
When you sit in the audience at a conference or presentation and the presenter...
Make Your Audience Glow
A few years ago I was on holiday in New Zealand and I got...
Speaking Masterclass: Roy Finley – A Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA
Ron Finley is a very natural speaker. He doesn’t sugarcoat his message, instead he...
Presentation Tip: Connecting to projectors
It’s your big presentation, you’ve barely slept, you’re stressed and when you plug...
What if I Go Blank In The Middle of a Presentation?
But what if despite all the practice, fear or stress gets the better of...
Use Notecards to Increase Your Speaking Confidence
You’ve practiced until you can recite the speech backwards, you know everything, you’re totally...
The FIve Elements of the Perfect Presentation
The Five Elements of the Perfect Presentation from geekspeak training
Speaking Masterclass: Shabana Basij-Rasikh – Dare to educate Afghan girls
A great speech is not about big gestures or performing, it’s about how you...