Can you be truly in the moment? The Shao Lin monks are devout, highly disciplined martial arts experts attempting to attain enlightenment. Their daily life may seem a million miles away from yours and your boring Powerpoint* presentation on Thursday, but – despite being in a very different situation to you – here’s how their […]
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The Technical Wizard – You’ve prepared a dazzling PowerPoint, Prezi or Keynote which will blow their socks off. However, you completely rely on it, so if there’s a technical fault, the audience doesn’t get a presentation. All socks remain firmly in place. The Rambler – You’ve prepared some great material, but you have too much of it and didn’t rehearse properly. You speak without any
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I’m brilliant – did you know that? I used to play stand-up comedy clubs with some pretty big names. I’ve given some great talks and written some brilliant blog posts. Impressed? Recently I’ve seen a few speakers start with all their amazing achievements to validate themselves. However, it turns me off; I’ve granted them the
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
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.” – Plato Make it Count If you’re going to speak, make sure that it’s good. Something that matters. In Western society we fear the silence in a conversation, and feel we have to fill the gaps, which can
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