Podcast

Episode #35: You Need 400 Faces When Presenting

Can we be successful as a presenter if we don't connect with our audience? Many presenters believe this sim...

Episode #34: Should I Memorise Or Read My Presentation Content

The content was really great and the way the words were put together was quite clever. Obviously a tremendou...

Episode #33: How To Present Technical Subjects To Non-Experts

Technical experts love their specialty. Usually, they have studied hard and long to get into their professio...

Episode #32: Don't Give Mystifying Presentations

The global chief’s private jet has landed. We are all assembled in a luxury hotel’s gorgeous function room. ...

Episode #31: What Is The Correct Breathing Method When Presenting

Breathing is such a natural act and normally, we don’t pay it much attention. Some how though, when we are g...

Episode #30: Where Should I Stand When I Am Presenting

Usually this isn’t even a question for most presenters because the organisers have already set up the room a...

Episode #29: How Not To Use Your Hands When Presenting

We think of speaking as an activity where we use our voice. That is true but we use a lot more than that. We...

Episode #28: Presentation Advice for Japanese Politicians

Vince Staples, American Hip Hop Rapper, was recently quoted in a Financial Times interview, “You have to pai...

Episode #27: Speaker Final Impressions

Final impressions at the end of a speech are what determine our memory of the person. Life is throwing so m...

Episode #26: Evidence Rich Presentations

There are a number of common structures for giving presentations and one of the most popular is the opening-...

Episode #25: When Presenting You Gotta Have Rhythm

Usually a speech or presentation is somewhere between 30 minutes and an hour long. Obviously, the longer the...

Episode #24: The 55% Of How We Communicate Is Visual Myth

Professor Albert Mehrabian’s 1967 study of communication concluded that 55% of the presenter’s message was r...

Episode #23: The Design Stage Of Presenting

Many people don't start out with a design for their talk. They launch straight into the details, especially...

Episode #22: The Presenter's Mindset

Our mental approach to our activities determines our success. We know this in sports and in business, but w...

Episode #21: How To Prepare For Your Talk

Before jumping straight into the slides to build your presentation, identify your likely audience. It might ...

Episode #20: Showtime Are you Ready Part Two

The hush has now swept across the room. All eyes are fixed on the MC, breaths are being held, awaiting the a...

Episode #19: Showtime - Are You Ready - Part One

Episode #18: How To Kill Your Brand With Public Speaking

Seriously sad really. Our speaker had some excellent points to convey but due to silly basic errors, killed ...

Episode #17: Stage Fright Got you?

Hands and legs quivering, knees knocking together, face turning red, pulse racing, mind whiting out – this i...

Episode #16: Don't Tell Me, Show Me

Japan is an interesting place where there is a lot of respect for people’s job titles and position in the co...