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Episode #79: Presenter Survival Tips For A Tech Meltdown

When the tech crashes, you shouldn't crash and burn with it when presenting. Absolutely ALWAYS get to the ve...

Episode #78: How To Murder Your Personal Brand In Japan

When you get up and speak in front of an audience, you are putting your professional and personal brand on t...

Episode #77: What Is The One Key Thing When Presenting

I was talking with a friend, while we were having lunch at this very nice Italian restaurant he frequents, n...

Episode #76: Don't Be Boring When Presenting

Every week I get to listen to speeches from some of the top people in their field. I belong to an elite Rota...

Episode #75: How To Facilitate When Presenting

Many presentations are one dimensional. The speaker speaks and we just listen, maybe getting a chance to lob...

Episode #74: Do You Have A Great Voice As A Speaker?

Probably only a microscopic number of speakers have had any voice training. The vast majority of us are in b...

Episode #73: The Power Of Belief When Presenting

Watching a grey haired, grizzled veteran of the media making his award acceptance speech talking about the i...

Episode #72: Experts Not Very Expert At Presenting

Five star luxury is always appreciated and the hotel setting for this presentation was clearly appropriate g...

Episode #71: Watching Others To Learn Presenting

When we are the thick of things we have trouble observing ourselves. Public speaking is really pushing many ...

Episode #70: How To Be Confident When Presenting

The Mochizuki Room of the High Performance Center Akasaka opens up and today’s class members gradually file ...

Episode #69: Having More Persuasion Power

Episode #68: Having More Presence As A Speaker

Two different presenters and a big occasion. The five star hotel ballroom was packed and a lot of attention ...

Episode #67: How To Come Up With Speech Content

Their request arrives. “Would you please give a presentation to our group?”. You check on what they would li...

Episode #66: Presenting: Good Is The Enemy Of Great

I was recently reminded of this point about a good presentation being the enemy of a great presentation. Two...

Episode #65: Interview By Guy Perryman Tokyo InterFM 897

As presenters we work across many mediums. Most often we are standing in front of an audience presenting. ...

Episode #64: Oprah's Golden Globe's Speech Carries Smart Lessons

Oprah Winfrey has been celebrated by many for her recent acceptance speech at the Golden Globes event. It pr...

Episode #63: No Warning Speaking

Suddenly you hear your name being called upon and you are being requested to make a few remarks. Uh oh. No p...

Episode #62: The Power Of Rhetorical Questions

Questions in general are powerful tools for speakers. They bring focus to key points we want to get across. ...

Episode #61: Have A Point Of View

Often we will hear a presentation and receive a lot of information from the presenter, but we are not really...

Episode #60: Zen Presenting

Zen study is a way to strip out all of the non-essentials in life. The noise, the distraction, the things th...