Podcast

Episode #373: Should Women Be Public Speakers In Japan?

I hesitated to use this title, because it smacks of click bait, doesn’t it? To hell with it, live dangerous...

Episode #372: Creating Crowd Anticipation In Your Speeches In Japan

Pasedena, January 31,1993. Michael Jackson performs at the Super Bowl. He suddenly pops out of the smoke on...

Episode #371: How To Present At A Panel Discussion

It is very common to see panel discussions at business events. There is danger lurking in the shadows, thou...

Episode #370: Where To Draw The Line Between Lecturing To And Engaging With My Audience When Presenting In Japan

The education system in Japan from the early stages, right the way through varsity to most corporate trainin...

Episode #369: How To Construct Your Presentation In Japan

There is a famous speech construct which we have all heard; “Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell ...

Episode #368: Authentic Bumbling Or Fake Perfection When Presenting?

Authentic Bumbling Or Fake Perfection When Presenting? “I want to be perfect when I speak”. No, you don’t! ...

How To Command The Great Unwashed Rabble

The Master of Ceremony (MC) goes to the microphone to get the programme underway but the audience are simply ...

Storytelling For Business

Best intentions, higher callings, righteousness – all good stuff but without good communication, our efforts ...

Making Yourself Clear

Public speaking throws up many fears and challenges for all of us. As part of High Impact Presentations, one ...

How To Destroy Your Reputation In 60 Seconds

It is a big crowd, yet the conversation suddenly dies and a hushed silence now sweeps through the room. All e...

Episode #367: Prepping For Future Presentations

We may not have the chance to give that many public presentations in a year, but usually we will have some co...

Episode #366: What To Do When You Get Heckled While Presenting

The chances of this happening anywhere is pretty remote, but especially so in Japan. Audiences here are poli...

Episode #365: The Power Of Anecdotes When Presenting

We often mix up words like metaphor and analogy, using them in the wrong context. Anecdote is another word w...

Episode #364: What To Do When You Get Heckled While Presenting

The chances of this happening anywhere is pretty remote, but especially so in Japan. Audiences here are poli...

Episode #363: Get The Full Package When Presenting

I had an interesting collision of presenting styles recently. We were conducting one of our High Impact Pres...

Episode #362: The Physicality Of Presenting

Presenting is physical labour. We can do it with minimal energy or we can expend large amounts of effort. T...

Episode #361: Should Presenters Use Eye Contact In Japan?

Japanese culture is pretty specific about making eye contact with people. In ancient times, a commoner might...

Episode #360: We Are All Brimming With Stories For Our Presentations

It is a mystery why more people don’t bring storytelling into their presentations. Technical subjects may se...

Episode #359: How To Present When The Topic Is Unforgiving

In some professions, there is a lot of media scrutiny on what the speaker is saying. The organisation they r...

Episode #358: How Casual Should I Be When Presenting?

We know that being formal and stiff creates distance between the speaker and the audience. We also know that...