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February 05, 2015
January 25, 2015
Obama – Perfect President or just a brilliant speaker?
Even a powerful speech offers no promise of victory in politics, or at least that’s what the pundits ...
January 22, 2015
Presenting and public speaking inspiration from Hollywood
Presenting and public speaking inspiration from Hollywood: Nine People Wounded in Tel Aviv Bus Attack, IS Demands $200m Ransom ...
January 11, 2015
9 Powerful Steps to Storytelling in Business – Brought to Life
Storytelling has enormous value for professionals and leaders in business presentations. ‘Never be boring again’, written by Doug Stevenson ...
January 05, 2015
A Brand New You in 2015
We are already rapidly approaching the end of the first week of 2015 and I wonder just how many ...
January 04, 2015
How to Present Mindfully
Mindful Presenting is about developing the skill to place our attention on our audience and our objective without getting ...
December 31, 2014
Are you presenting soon? – 6 things your audience really need from you
Your audience really need 6 things from you each time you present. In 1943, Abraham Maslow released a psychology ...
December 14, 2014
If you want a happy audience, avoid these 7 mistakes
If you want a happy audience it’s worth avoiding a number of key mistakes other presenters make. Your audience ...
December 08, 2014
What type of public speaker or presenter are you really?
What type of public speaker or presenter are you really? Do you know? If you’d like to learn more, ...
December 05, 2014
How to tell a story to bring your presentation to life
Every great presentation is really a story. At the age of 60 Diana Nyad began open water training for ...
November 26, 2014
Watch out for the quiet ones – Presenting the introvert
Is it possible that a self-confessed introvert could find the courage to speak for a whole 18 minutes on ...
November 20, 2014
Presenters – Grab it like you mean it: Your audience’s attention
All presenters and public speakers face the same challenge; getting and keeping their audience’s attention. Psychologists at Princeton University suggest ...
November 12, 2014
How To Present When You’re 87 Years Young – Harry Belafonte
As a producer, composer, music arranger, actor, singer, civil rights activist and humanitarian, Harry Belafonte is no stranger to ...
October 30, 2014
My most important speech – Mum knew exactly what to do
A tribute to my beautiful mum, Georgine DeCastro 19/03/35 – 19/10/14 ( read today 30/10/14 at her funeral) “I ...
October 07, 2014
Emma Watson – Presentation nerves
Emma Watson, the heroine of the Harry Potter series was appointed as a U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador earlier ...
October 03, 2014
Boris Johnson – Proof That Politics Doesnt Have to be Boring
There have been so many adjectives to describe Boris Johnson Eccentric, Hugely clever Politically astute, Loveable Funny ...
September 28, 2014
Nigel Farage – The Speaker
Whether you like or agree with them or not, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ed Milliband and Nigel Farage ...
September 26, 2014
Barack Obama- Master of the Pause
Barack Obama is arguably one of the best speakers in the world today. In my opinion he is ...
September 25, 2014
Ed Milliband – What is he like as a speaker?
Does Ed Milliband speak with the gravitas of Obama, the grace of Clinton or the glow of Cameron? Not ...
September 15, 2014
Forget the Elevator Speech – Just Press the Button
I enjoy networking, although, I really don’t care too much for the elevator speech. ‘Good morning, my name is ...
September 14, 2014
The Real Source of Public Speaking Anxiety
Public speaking anxiety is by far the greatest issue we are asked to help professionals with every week at ...
September 09, 2014
Keynote by Tim Cook – Steve Jobs Would Be Proud
Yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the birth of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 plus and the Apple ...
September 03, 2014
Acceptance Speeches, Alcohol and the Ice Bucket Challenge
Alcohol and acceptance speeches just don’t mix. Not even for the charming actor who’s name incidentally I wouldn’t try ...
August 21, 2014
A review of Matt Cutts from Google’s presentation skills
Matt Cutts is the man behind search quality and search engine optimization in arguably the world’s most important internet ...
August 17, 2014
The mindful way to crafting and delivering a brilliant presentation
Have you been on the recieving end of a brilliant presentation recently? Perphaps you’ve given one yourself. Either way, ...
August 15, 2014
4 powerful ways to connect with your audience
Do you connect with your audience? Are you entirely happy with your presentation skills? What about your colleagues; ...
August 14, 2014
‘Death by bullet point’- Is it really that bad?
‘Death by Bullet Point’ – What do you think, is it really that bad? If used correctly there’s nothing ...
August 13, 2014
Stop networking and start connecting – Why and how
At Mindful Presenter the underlying sentiment that fuels our business and drives everyone who works here is our core ...
August 12, 2014
Confessions of a depressed comic – In memory of Robin Williams
This week the world is feeling the loss of a monumental actor and comic genius who won the hearts ...
August 10, 2014
Presenting with a speech impediment – Megan Washington
For many of them their anxiety reaches far beyond simply speaking in public, its intensified by the fact ...
