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When speaking to a group, if they get one whiff of bullsh*t or pretence, you’re sunk. So just be yourself, and treat your audience as if they’re just like you. No-one to be scared of, but still deserving respect.DeliveryDon’t try to be an impressive ‘speaker’. Talk to the audience like you’re at your house chatting […]

For me, the best presentation is not the one with: the best Powerpoint or Prezi. amazing, expensive library images. an hour duration. brilliantly crafted words. It’s the one where: I like the presenter. Pretty shallow of me, perhaps, but here’s the thing: if I like you, I’ll listen to everything you say. If I don’t, it’s

I love spoonerisms: ‘ducking felicious’ and ‘rucking fidiculous’ are a couple I’m rather proud of. For me, the spoonerism’s appeal harks back to the music hall days where sexual double entendre was lapped up by audiences who wanted to hear something naughty being alluded to without hearing any actual filth. A present day business presentation

Those ‘5 Ways…’ tips lists are irresistible, aren’t they? I also enjoy ones with titles like: ‘6 Mistakes Your Least Successful Competitors Aren’t Making Yet’. However, for me, any one of those tips signpost the way to the real work that’s lurking beneath, waiting to be discovered: the ‘iceberg of the tip’,* if you will.  Easy isn’t Always BestIn

Here are 10 facts. Nothing More. Enjoy: Last night I saw Bill Bryson speaking at Ely Cathedral, launching his new book. There were approximately 1,000 people in the audience. He was a funny, engaging speaker. He had been asked for an accompanying slide presentation by the event organiser (the owner of the local bookshop). The technology