by Mary Langan | Oct 16, 2019 | Communication Skills, Doing the Tough Stuff, Presentation Tips, Presenting Confidently |
How to Banish Public Speaking Nerves and Present with Confidence “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear” Mark Twain It always surprises me how many seemingly confident people really dislike presenting or public speaking. At my...
by Mary Langan | Jun 25, 2018 | Media Sales Tips, Presentation Tips |
A guest blog by Cheyenne Bunsie, Insight Exec at Immediate Media. Using statistics when speaking to clients, or trying to bring in new business can be daunting, Stats, however, can be just the edge you need to stand out from countless media company calls. Here...
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...
