I enjoy networking far more than most people expect, and I have never once enjoyed an elevator pitch, my own included. You’ve heard this one, or something close enough that the difference doesn’t matter. “Good morning, my name is John, and I’m a partner at ABC; solicitors, accountants, marketing, training, whatever it happens to be.[…]
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What To Say Instead Of An Elevator Pitch
Advice, Communication Skills, Leadership, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Oct 01, 2026
How To Network When You Hate Networking
Advice, Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Sep 21, 2026
For a great many people, networking is dreaded more than public speaking itself, which is saying something. I have met a very large number of people who treat it as a necessary evil, somewhere between a dental appointment and a tax return, and having spent a good many years going to these things, I[…]
Four Presenting Styles: Which One Are You?
Advice, Presentation Skills, Presentation training, Public Speaking Sep 09, 2026
You have a presenting style whether you ever set out to choose one or not. It assembled itself from your personality, the people you learned from, and whatever has worked for you before, and now it runs on its own in every presentation room you walk into. It is simply what experience looks like from[…]
In Public Speaking The First Few Words Really Matter
Advice, Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Nov 04, 2020
In the world of public speaking and presenting the first few words really do matter. One of the words I find very uncomfortable is, ‘hook’; as in ‘How to hook your audience in the first 30 seconds’. The term suggests to me that audiences are more like fish than intelligent, discerning and creative human beings.[…]
21 Powerful PowerPoint Tips you really need to know
Advice, PowerPoint, Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Aug 18, 2020
These 21 Powerful PowerPoint tips will add enormous value to your presentation. Ten years ago it was estimated that there were more than 500 million users of PowerPoint globally. PowerPoint had an estimated, 95% share of the presentation software market. Around 30 million presentations were given every day using that software alone. It’s difficult[…]
Powerful public speaking lessons from Dr Wayne Dyer
Advice, Mindfulness, Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Apr 18, 2019
Every day, in businesses, conferences and seminars across the world, millions of presentations and speeches are being delivered. Each one has its own intention, whether the presenter is conscious of it or not. If you have a speech or presentation to make, the first critical step to success is understanding that intention. Dr Wayne[…]
