Yep – once again I’ve been told by presentation skills course participants that, much as they’d like to be more creative, when they are presenting at, or on behalf of their workplace, they have to present slides and they have to use certain logos and even certain fonts. This is a multi-national company and head […]
Speaking & Presenting
Visual Aids / Slides / PowerPoint: Part 1 – A public speaking professional’s view
‘Visual Aids’ You hear this expression a lot. What does the word ‘visual’ mean? And the word ‘aid’? Put the two together and we imply something visual, which helps our understanding. We see something, analyse what we (think we) see and interpret what (we think) that means. You could include words, as sighted people use […]
How Public Speakers Move Through Space
Moving through space affects what others think of you Dancers have superb understanding of how to move through space. They have such a physical sense of themselves, within their surroundings. We all react differently to different spaces around us. Imagine how you feel inside a very small room compared to standing on top of a […]