In this interview with stand-up comedian David Whitney we talked about...:   - Fear of public speaking   - Preparation before getting in front of an audience   - Storytelling  - How to find the funny if you are a very serious person   - Rehearsal   - How to read the audience in the moment   - Dealing with a difficult audience   - What to do before going on stage   - Public speaking lessons for business professionals   - and much more ..read more

In this interview with Keynote and Conference Business Speaker Lee Warren we talked about...:   Why grown-ups don’t use PowerPoint   Why you should care about presentations  How to warm up    Why all presentations are selling something   How to find your key messages with a single question  Why you should rehearse  The difference between rehearsal and practice   How to customise your talk for different audiences   How to prepare for difficult audiences   Tips for online presentations    +++  If you’d like to learn more abo ..read more

If you want to be able to create and deliver great presentations, you need to make sure you meet 5 key success criteria. Remember the word SCORE: Simple Clear Original Related Enjoyable In this video I unpack the Presentation SCORE method ..read more

Make your next presentation naked.  ..read more

There are three key arts of presenting: Preparation (your story) Design (your slides) Delivery (your presence) Which of the three do you think is the most important one ..read more

You might have a great story to share with your audience, but if you use poor slides that don’t support and reinforce your message, your audience is not going to understand and remember.  ..read more

Voice coach Jimmy Cannon shares some great tips for business professionals who want to improve and control their voice for public speaking and presentations (and singing).  Here are the links I mentioned in the interview:  - Upcoming FREE events: http://ideasonstageuk.eventbrite.com - Additional free resources to help you improve your presentations (report, webinar, presentation skills assessment tool): http://bit.ly/presentation-valuebundle ..read more

If you were to summarize the objective of a presentation in one word, what would that be?  ..read more

This is the very first thing you need to do when preparing presentations.  ..read more

What do you think makes a good or bad presentation?  ..read more