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...
by Maureen Steele | Jul 8, 2013 | Presentations And Public Speaking, Training Box Occasional Blog
During a briefing session with a client last week to prepare for a presentation training programme for his team, I asked the question, “What should the participants be able to do (or do better) after the training, that they cannot currently do?” His answer was that...
by Maureen Steele | Mar 29, 2013 | Communication Skills For Job Seekers
A traditional CV and the cover letter are the only parts of the job application process over which you have full control. Even this is being diminished when you apply on-line with standardised response boxes and limited word counts. No matter what the format, it is...
by Maureen Steele | Mar 27, 2013 | Communication Skills For Job Seekers, Responding To Change and Transition, Written Communication Skills
In these days of on-line applications and e-mail, you may think that a cover letter is no longer important. This is NOT the case although it is fair to say that cover letters now come in various formats, of which the traditional letter is only one; it may be an e-mail...
by support | Mar 27, 2013 | Communication Skills For Job Seekers, Responding To Change and Transition
“If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resumé and claim them as achievements.” Mason Cooley It may be easy to be a bit cynical sometimes about the true value of a good resumé but CV’s really do count. They provide your future employer...
by Maureen Steele | Mar 27, 2013 | Communication Skills For Job Seekers, Written Communication Skills
When someone opens an envelope or looks at your files on their PC, what they see in front of them delivers an impression of you as a potential employee or colleague. Before they even get to reading the content, the visual attractiveness of your documents ( or lack...
by Maureen Steele | Jan 7, 2013 | Communication Skills For Job Seekers, Training Box Occasional Blog
January is the time for resolutions – perhaps yours is to move on and find the ideal next step up the career ladder; or perhaps – in these difficult economic times – the decision to look for a new post is not even your own choice; or maybe you are a...
by support | Dec 20, 2012 | Interpersonal Communication
The festive season is a time when we strive to be generous and share the traditional Christmas spirit with those around us at work or at home. At Christmas, we show our respect or love for those in our lives with the custom of gift-giving. Not all gifts, however, need...
