by Mary Langan | Jun 6, 2017 | Communication Skills, Presentation Tips, Presenting Confidently, Winning Pitch Presentations |
Sales is all about winning the hearts and minds of our audiences. For a sales presentation to be persuasive the audience has to ‘lean in’, not lean back. Unfortunately, PowerPoint – the ‘go to’ sales presentation tool – only encourages the latter. Why rely...
by Mary Langan | Jan 31, 2017 | Communication Skills, Presentation Tips, Presenting Confidently, Public Speaking |
It’s true, speaking to an audience – to a dozen people sat around a table or to a full conference room – can render the most confident person a nervous wreck. Even people in the public eye suffer, and it’s something that Kate Middleton admitted when she gave...
by Mary Langan | May 25, 2015 | Presentation Tips, Presenting Confidently |
How to amplify your presentation message What is it that makes a film or book so good, so gripping? It’s the tension that is created within the narrative and the way in which that tension is treated and resolved. Creating tension is a key skill in any...
by Mary Langan | May 25, 2015 | Communication Skills, Presentation Tips, Presenting Confidently, Public Speaking |
How to make an impact when your begin your presentation Sometimes it’s really important to grab your audiences attention the moment you get started with your presentation. You’ve probably been faced with challenges in the past-think mid morning or...
by Mary Langan | Mar 19, 2015 | Communication Skills, Presentation Tips, Presenting Confidently, Public Speaking, Winning Pitch Presentations |
How to be a compelling storyteller. Stories have been told as far back as we can possibly imagine. Verbally passed down through generations and then spread far and wide with the advent of print. Storytelling is one of the strongest methods of communication around....
by Mary Langan | Feb 20, 2015 | Communication Skills, Presentation Tips, Presenting Confidently, Public Speaking |
What’s the presentation take-away? How often have you come away from a presentation and wondered what it was really about or what are you now expected to do? If so, the chances are that the presenter-no matter how engaging he/she might have been-failed to...