Every great presentation hinges on storytelling. As a presenter, harnessing the art of storytelling can significantly elevate your ability to connect with your audience. The Value of Storytelling Throughout history, humans have shared stories to make sense of the world and our place in it. Well-told stories have the power to persuade, evoke emotions,[…]
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The Presenter’s Guide to Storytelling That Sticks
Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Storytelling Feb 08, 2015
Understanding Your Audience: The 6 Human Needs in Presentations
Leadership, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Dec 31, 2014
As a presenter, it’s essential to recognize that your audience has specific needs. To create a meaningful connection, you should understand and address these six fundamental human needs. The Framework of Human Needs In 1943, Abraham Maslow introduced a theory that outlines essential human needs: Physiological: What we need for survival. Safety: The need to[…]
Public Speaking For Introverts: The Courage To Speak Softly
Advice, nervous, Presentation training Nov 26, 2014
Susan Cain begins her TED talk with a suitcase and a nine-year-old girl. The girl is Cain herself, going to summer camp for the first time, and her mother has packed the case full of books, which seemed entirely natural to her because, in her family, reading was the primary group activity. The camp has[…]
Four Questions Your Audience Is Asking Before You Speak
Leadership, Presentation Skills, Presentation training, Public Speaking, Storytelling Jul 27, 2014
When you stand up to speak, remember that everyone in the room has their own thoughts running through their minds. Some might be thinking about lunch, while others are in the middle of solving a problem left on their desk. Some might be trying to recall where they’ve seen you before. Most of them may[…]
The M Point: Your Moment of Truth Before You Speak
Leadership, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Jul 24, 2014
It usually arrives as a line in an email, or as someone catching you on the way out of a meeting: can you take ten minutes at the leadership session on the fourteenth and tell everyone where the project has got to? You say yes, the date goes in the diary, and something starts[…]
