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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When standing, if your feet are jiggling, crossed, moving without purpose, rocking, swaying or shuffling they are telling the person you are talking to that you aren’t as confident as you would like them to think you are. If you are presenting then this can really diminish your audience’s impression of you, which will make […]
I’ve talked previously about what to do with your hands when presenting so today I thought I’d discuss what NOT to do with them! We “leak” our emotions in our gestures, fiddles and fidgets telling those around us how we feel via our body language, and usually completely unconsciously! I’m sure you have been irritated […]
The question I am most commonly asked about when talking to people about their presentations is “What do I do with my hands?” Suddenly the appendages on the end of your arms become a major distraction … not necessarily to the audience but to you, the speaker. I think a part of it is your […]
A few weeks ago, at lunch with friends, we got onto the subject of how important a smile is and how you can “hear” a smile in someone’s voice. I recounted the story of how one of my first bosses made us put a sticker on the phone saying “Smile when you dial!” so that […]
Many years ago one of our first clients worked for a large publishing firm. And she had been taught to get over her “problem” of gesticulating as she talked, by holding a paperclip behind her back. This ensured that she looked like a soldier on parade and because when speaking naturally she used her hands […]
In this vlog – Sally shares her top tips on what steps you can take if you wake up with a sore throat on the big presentation day.
Every week the online business programme Business Connections Live invite a guest to speak live on their online television programme and in March 2016 I was asked to speak on Impact & Influence. The studio is a reasonable size and there were 5 or 6 cameras – 1 on me, 1 on the interviewer, 1 or […]
