There are a number of ways that you can diminish your authority online and two key ones are to have poor lighting and to get the camera angle wrong. If you don’t get these right then at best, your audience will be struggling to see you and at worst, looking straight up your nostrils … […]
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When I was little, I couldn’t pronounce my ‘R’’s so I would get “Weally, weally cwoss” and my father told me I would be OK so long as I didn’t marry a “Wobert”. I had elocution lessons (as they were called then) to help me change ‘Weally’ to ‘Really’ and ‘Wobert’ to ‘Robert’ … which
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I’m seeing a lot of talk at the moment about visibility. The team and I work with hundreds of people a year who need or want to be seen and heard at work and that means being visible. It means telling people what you know that they may find useful and being the person others
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Happy Birthday Partners With You! We’re 20 years old on December 4th 2020 I must admit there were times this year when I wasn’t sure we would reach the milestone … let’s just say it wasn’t the year that we planned … but we are here and still doing our stuff! I set the business
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Last month Peter asked, with the increase of on-line meetings and reduction in visual cues, whether I thought the language we use has become more important? And my answer is I don’t think it’s any more important than when on the phone or talking while using a flipchart, (and having to keep turning away from
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Last month I was interviewed by Ash Taylor of The Business Club House on all things ‘presentation’. We discussed fear, presentation skills and overcoming stage fright – all very pertinent whether you are speaking from stage or in-front of a camera. You can here the recording on Spotify here Talking about what you do is
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I’ve been out and about quite a bit this past month and watched a lot of people speaking at conferences, seminars and networking events. Generally, the calibre of speaker has been very high; event organisers are finding people who really know their stuff! If you are looking to expand your knowledge on a particular product
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Have you noticed the difference in the way that other’s answer an easy or a hard question? Watch the next time there is a Q&A or you are at a meeting (or even if you are chatting to your family). When it is an easy question (or one the speaker knows the answer to) they
How you can always look like you know what you are saying! Read More »
Have you sat through a lousy presentation recently? When the speaker literally read his slides out loud to you? I’m old enough to remember when we didn’t have PowerPoint and speakers didn’t use it as a crutch to lean on during their presentations. In fact, my first sales role entailed me turning up to a
The three big mistakes made with PowerPoint … and how to avoid them. Read More »
Well to my mind, it’s to overrun. Time is our most precious commodity. You can’t make or earn more and once it has gone it can’t be replaced. Which means that as a speaker if you take more time than allotted you are saying that you don’t think that the audience’s time is important. And
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