When you walk into the office on a Monday morning, and your boss says, “Don’t take your coat off, we’re going straight out,” your mind immediately searches for clarity. Where are we going? Why are we going there? How are we getting there? Your audience feels exactly the same way the moment they sit down[…]
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Your Audience Isn’t Listening for Information — They’re Waiting for a Journey
Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Jan 15, 2018
Why Presenters Develop Bad Habits — And What They’re Really Trying to Tell Us
Anxiety, Mindfulness, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Dec 28, 2017
Most presenters assume their bad habits are technical flaws: speaking too fast, fidgeting, pacing, saying “um”, hiding their hands, and reading slides. These behaviours aren’t signs of poor skill or lack of discipline. They are often unconscious self-protection responses, the nervous system’s way of creating safety when we feel exposed. Presenting doesn’t just reveal[…]
Presenting With Focus: The Key to Presentation Success
Mindfulness, Presentation Skills Dec 10, 2017
Presenting with focus is the foundation of every memorable presentation. At Mindful Presenter, we believe the most important thing to focus on is simple but often overlooked: how you want your audience to feel. We’ve been communicating with each other since the dawn of time. Many believe it’s a complex skill reserved for the[…]
A presentation, meeting or training session that fails to meet audience expectations is more than disappointing; it’s disheartening. In a world that moves at extraordinary speed, where many people feel overwhelmed by information, people guard their time carefully because they already feel stretched, rushed, and overloaded. When someone chooses to spend that time listening[…]
Presenting data effectively remains one of the biggest challenges faced by professionals today. Every presentation includes data, numbers, facts, ideas, insights, updates, stories, and information. Whether you realise it or not, everything is data. Many presenters think data only exists in spreadsheets, charts, graphs, and complicated diagrams. At Mindful Presenter, we see it differently;[…]
It’s Time to Stop Presenting. Start Connecting
Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Nov 11, 2017
Before each presentation skills training or public speaking coaching session we lead at Mindful Presenter, we ask every client one deceptively simple question: “What do you want your audience to feel?” The most common responses are predictable: informed, engaged, interested, but at Mindful Presenter, we believe that’s far from enough. No presenter, regardless of[…]
