by Maureen Steele | Dec 1, 2015 | Presentations And Public Speaking
Confronted with the task of speaking in public or delivering an important presentation, many people suffer from nerves that manifest themselves in a number of different ways; dry throat, sweaty palms, shaking knees, flushed skin, breathing difficulties, perhaps even a...
by support | Jan 8, 2015 | Presentations And Public Speaking, Training Box Occasional Blog
“The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.” Edward R. Murrow The media is there to...
by Maureen Steele | Jul 17, 2013 | Presentations And Public Speaking
We offer you the following insights courtesy of a great book called “slide:ology” by Nancy Duarte (2008, O’Reilly Media). Duarte Design created the presentation for Al Gore’s Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth. This extract is from Chapter 12 and offers a...
by Maureen Steele | Jul 17, 2013 | Presentations And Public Speaking
“To succeed as a presenter, you must think like a designer. Every decision a designer makes is intentional. Reason and logic underpin the placement of the visual elements.” Nancy Duarte The watchwords for great slides are readability, simplicity,...
by Maureen Steele | Jul 17, 2013 | Presentations And Public Speaking
“Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In our tip, Prepare your story first, we outlined the four key elements needed in your early presentation preparation. Here we offer you an...
by Maureen Steele | Jul 17, 2013 | Presentations And Public Speaking
“If you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it again.” Groucho Marx Groucho Marx may have been a famously funny person but his technique would not do you any favours in a presentation. The most common mistake...
