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Episode #155: How Many People Should Present

Often, we are presenting as a team and more than one speaker may be involved. Is that ideal or are we bette...

Episode #154: Okay, So How Do I End My Speech, My Triumph?

This is a tricky part of designing and delivering our presentations. Think back to the last few presentatio...

Episode #153: When Should You Take Questions During Your Talk

Having an audience interested enough in your topic to ask questions is a heartening occurrence. Japan can b...

Episode #152: Unleash The Power Of Your Theories And Data When Presenting

It has been a while since I attended a business school presentation. From time to time the prominent foreig...

Episode #151: How To Persuade When You Are The One Presenting

Being persuasive is not down to luck or accident, it is the result of good planning and execution. This is t...

Episode #150: Your War Stories In Your Presentation Are Boring

Gaining credibility as a speaker is obviously important. We often do this by telling our own experiences. H...

Episode #149: Successful Presentations Need Good Structure

It is a bad sign when a presentation makes me sleepy, especially if it is at lunch time. It is very common ...

Episode #148: Tech Presenters Please Stop Making Stupid Errors

I am sitting there with a crowd of people attending a presentation on blockchain technology. Some are very ...

Episode #147: How To Be An Inspiring Presenter

At the start of our class on High Impact Presentations, we ask the participants to think about what type of ...

Episode #146: Presentation Training Insights

Aya McCrindle recently graduated from our High Impact Presentations Course and did her first TED talk. She w...

Episode #145: Man I Hate Sitting Through Underperforming Presentations

This global company is a household name in Japan. They have spent a fortune getting the brand name known he...

Episode #144: How To Be More Concise, Clear And Persuasive When Presenting

We run training on presentations and public speaking continuously. These three requests to be more concise, ...

Episode #143: Man, Your Monotone Is Killing Me

Normally we expect Japanese speakers to be boring, because their language is a monotone and so they apply th...

Episode #142: Visual Elements In Presentations

There is no question visuals are super powerful in presentations. This can range from your eye contact, bod...

Episode #141: The Power Of Conversational Style When Presenting

We often see presenters elevated up on stage or positioned at the front of the room, flanked by or under a s...

Episode #140: Avoiding Flat Presentations

“The good is the enemy of the great” is a clever saying and very true. In presenting terms we can have peop...

Episode #139: Is How I am Dressed Important When Presenting

There is an old saying about lies, damn lies and statistics. An often misquoted statistic in the presenting...

Episode #138: Senior Executives In A Public Speaking Competition Was So Revealing

Speech contests and debating contests are usually for younger people at school or university. It is not oft...

Episode #137: Facial Animation Needed For Presenting Success

We have all seen it. The presenters face is expressionless, wooden, devoid of emotion or life. It is usual...

Episode #136: Why Japanese Presenters Fear Q&A

Obviously we all have some trepidation when it comes to Q&A, but Japan is quite far behind the rest of t...