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...
by Mary Langan | Feb 6, 2015 | Communication Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking, Sales Tips, Winning Pitch Presentations |
The importance of editing presentations-(let’s cut the blah, blah, blah) Franklin D. Roosevelt once said that of public speaking; “Be sincere, be brief, and be seated”. These wise words, spoken long before the advent of PowerPoint, are no less...
by Mary Langan | Jan 21, 2015 | Communication Skills, Presentation Tips, Presenting Confidently, Public Speaking |
How to ditch the nerves! “I get incredibly nervous before public speaking, no matter how big the crowd or the audience. And despite the fact that I laugh and joke all the time, I get incredibly nervous, if not anxious actually, before going into rooms full of...