What’s On the Menu? I see a lot of presentations with too much content, presented badly, and without consideration of what the audience wants. Yuck. I think it’s useful to think of a presentation as a plate of food: what you often get is the equivalent of a school dinner: unoriginal, over-cooked, and made with boring ingredients. what […]
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Are you a good networker? Do you enjoy networking events? I find that they’re a lottery, with the ominous risk of being cornered by someone without: the empathy to see I’m not enjoying their relentless self-promotion. any interest in what I have to say. But if (like me)* you’re self-employed, then you have to network, right? Well, it
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Pitching or presenting? Just give me the good stuff, please. A great fighter won’t prance about trying to be impressive before engaging; they’ll end the conflict as quickly as possible, with minimum effort. I don’t need to know how wonderful you are, or the background on how you came to be here today. Communicate the
Imagine you’re in the audience at a conference and the speaker tells you that they will speak for precisely fifteen minutes of their slot, allowing five minutes for Q&A. And then they actually do that. Wouldn’t that be refreshing? Wouldn’t you be grateful to that speaker for their consideration of you and what you want?
Okay, I’ve no idea what it is; success is utterly subjective. Personally, I like to make my goals so achievable that I can legitimately feel ‘super successful’ every single day: Got dressed = successful. Switched the laptop on = successful. Made a perfect cup of tea = I’M SUPER SUCCESSFUL. I learnt my craft through many
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