Preparing for and delivering a presentation at work is challenging enough without the added pressure of being interrupted, especially by the person who holds the most influence over your role, confidence, and future. For many professionals, presenting at work doesn’t begin with the slides; it begins with a knot in the stomach. It’s the quiet[…]
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When Your Boss Keeps Interrupting Your Presentation: How to Stay Confident, Calm and in Control
Leadership, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Oct 13, 2023
Would You Like to Present with Passion? What a Seven Year Old Can Teach the Rest of Us
Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Jul 30, 2023
When Molly Wright became one of the youngest TED speakers in history, she didn’t just deliver a talk; she delivered a masterclass in passion, clarity, and human connection. A seven‑year‑old girl walked onto one of the world’s most prestigious stages and showed millions of adults what it looks like to speak with purpose.[…]
How to Win an Argument Without Arguing: The Power of Facts, Feelings and Future
Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Jun 17, 2023
Have you ever tried to win an argument? Of course you have. We all have. I don’t like arguing, not in life, not in business, and not even in writing, but I’m confident every one of us has found ourselves in that uncomfortable space where two perspectives collide. Dale Carnegie captured the truth perfectly in[…]
Present Ideas, Insights and Imagination, Not Just Information
General, Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Jun 04, 2023
In today’s business world, we are drowning in information yet starving for meaning. Every day, professionals are bombarded with data, dashboards, metrics, updates, reports, and presentations, all competing for cognitive space that is already stretched to the breaking point. Cognitive overload isn’t a side effect of modern work; it has become the default environment in[…]
Public speaking survey results – How people feel about public speaking and presenting
Communication Skills, General, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking May 30, 2023
Public speaking survey results – How people feel about public speaking and presenting How do you feel about public speaking and presenting? That’s one of the first question’s we ask all of our workshop and coaching clients. As you may imagine, the response is often very mixed. In fact, it felt so mixed that we[…]
Could You Listen to Your Own Voice? – Why Every Presenter Should and What It Reveals About You
Communication Skills, General, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking May 25, 2023
When was the last time you listened to a recording of your own voice after giving a presentation? Presenting aside, have you ever listened to a recording of your own voice at all? If you have, how did it make you feel? If you were your audience, could you listen to you? Here at[…]
