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  The envisioning process is the key to a successful presentation.  The process begins by visualising the presentation as a whole. The presenter envisions in advance what success looks and feels like long before they enter the room. Visualisation is simply the process of creating images in your mind  The subconscious mind cannot distinguish between[…]

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  The best presentations are conversations Every great presentation starts with a question which leads the dialogue. What’s so important that you’ve chosen to call this group of busy people together? It may be: – A great idea which they haven’t heard before – One they have heard but don’t understand or buy into –[…]

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Storytelling has enormous value for professionals and leaders in business presentations. ‘Never be boring again’, written by Doug Stevenson is a valuable guide to storytelling. It sets out in a very compelling way the most effective means of constructing stories to connect with your audience. Many speakers have heard the term, ‘The Hero’s Journey’; a[…]

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We are already rapidly approaching the end of the first week of 2015 and I wonder just how many of those  New Year resolutions have been broken already. Research by the University of Scranton, Journal of Clinical Psychology suggests that last year the top 10 resolutions made were: 1. Lose weight 2. Getting organised 3. Spend less,[…]

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Mindful Presenting is about developing the skill to place our attention on our audience and our objective without getting distracted by troublesome thoughts and external events. It’s about using the  the potential of the mind to perform at the very highest level. Every presentation is a performance. That doesn’t mean it’s an act, it simply[…]

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Does Ed Milliband speak with the gravitas of Obama, the grace of Clinton or the glow of Cameron? Not quite. That said, he did the right thing speaking without notes at this week’s Labour conference in Manchester. From a technical speaking perspective he: Made great eye contact Paused well Spoke at a good pace Gestured[…]

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Matt Cutts  is the man behind search quality and search engine optimization in arguably the world’s most important internet company. Some may envy his position. Few however, would covet the enormous and variable challenges he faces. Cutts was the keynote speaker at PubCon, the premier social media and optimization conference in 2013, and it’s easy[…]

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At Mindful Presenter the underlying sentiment that fuels our business and drives everyone who works here is our core belief and ethos that ‘Connecting is everything’; it’s on our website, business cards, and etched in hearts and minds too. When we’re not helping businesses connect with their people we are helping speakers and presenters from[…]

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After all, what’s the worst thing that can happen? People won’t throw knives at you or scratch your car; they are unlikely to storm out and nobody has ever actually died from forgetting their words. The reality is, whoever you are most people want to see you do well; nobody wants to see you squirm[…]

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