Whether you are at the start of your public speaking journey, or you have ventured some way along the road, have you ever sat down and listed all the skills and expertise you have amassed along the way? It’s all too easy for you to spend the whole time looking [...] Read more »
What Is Your Motivating Gold Star?
Did you get gold and silver stars in school for good behaviour or great spelling? Simple, and very effective. Or so I hoped when I started using these this week during potty training… It started well and my daughter seemed motivated, but quite quickly the gold stars stopped having any [...] Read more »
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and We’re…
Your audience doesn’t think in words. They instantly convert the words you say when you are speaking and presenting into pictures. That’s just how it works. This works to your advantage if you can deliver words that create powerful, vivid images that will stick in your audience’s minds for months [...] Read more »
What Seeds Are You Planting Today?
Every word, every image, every colour and font when you are speaking and presenting will plant seeds in the minds of those listening. If you choose to talk of problems, of the poor economy, of troubles and downturns, then the seeds are of doubt, of fear even. A few years [...] Read more »
Sometimes A C Grade Is The Best Thing to Aim For
One of the things that stops experts and people with great information from sharing it through speaking and presenting is their need or desire to get it perfect first time. So they procrastinate, they prevaricate, they do the ironing and tidy the garage, and their valuable Diamonds never see the [...] Read more »
The Greatest Gift to Your Audience Is To Be Fully Present

Young children can teach public speakers and presenters about the most important thing in being a great presenter: being in the moment. Toddlers don’t think about what happened ten seconds ago, they have no hangups over how long it took them to master walking or eating with a spoon, they [...] Read more »
