Watch this video guide to reading from a script whilst presenting and understand how you can present yourself better and allow your audience to understand more. Summary of tips: Hold the paper up Hold it slightly to the side Look up Memorise the first few words Bring the words straight to your audience Transcript A […]
I’m working with a man who loses his focus mid-presentation and then panics. I’m working with a woman who speaks so quickly she loses her audience, who can’t keep up. There is an answer for both these people: play the moment. Be in the present. Arrive at every thought you express spontaneously. When you do this, […]
How often does it occur to you? Do you think about what others will think when you plan what to put on when attending a meeting or, more likely nowadays, when appearing on a Zoom call? Do you worry how you come over during an online meeting? Are you afraid to speak up in case […]
A guide about how to work effectively together as a team so you can make the right impression when pitching.
Pitching is theatre. So say Stephen Bayley & Roger Mavity in their excellent book Life’s a Pitch. What do they mean? They explain it like this: “Someone being asked to lend a million pounds is faced really with one simple question to answer: will I get my money back? And of course this isn’t a […]
How do you tell what someone else means? Is it the words they choose? Their tone of voice? Body language? What kind of filters do you employ – your mood that day, how well you know the person, your joint history etc etc Most of us develop a capacity to think about the mental states […]