What has prompted today’s Success Tip? I was musing recently about the difficulty I have with delegates and coachees who use the apparent ‘dryness’ of their subject matter as an excuse for not bringing their presentations alive. This is particularly pertinent right now, as we gradually return to face-to-face (rather than virtual) meetings and presentations.We have become accustomed to online presentations and if they turn out to be ‘data transfer’ without noticeable sweat on the part of the presenter to create engagement,…

I have been coping with some pressing personal problems recently, which I am now thankful to report, are pretty much resolved. What this experience has taught me is how important it is to be able to call on the genuine expertise and in-depth knowledge of those helping you. It doesn’t matter what their chosen field is – it’s their knowledge and skill that makes all the difference. We have often learned to our cost that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.…

This blog was first published around 3 years ago, when there were very few online presentations, back in the heady days when ‘zoom’ was merely onomatopoeia used in children’s comics along with ‘wham’ and ‘pow’. If anything, as we hop from one screen of hopeful faces to another, the points raised are even more pertinent to today’s virtual audiences, so I thought it was worth another airing. What is the biggest mistake made when public speaking? When I pose this question to my presentation…