Don’t make them say, “Get on with it!”
Recently I have watched a number of American How To videos on YouTube, and noticed a common trend that occurs also in American sales letters →
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8 Essentials for a Presentation Worth Hearing
There are eight important ingredients in a successful presentation, indicated by my acrostic, OH AM I SAD (which you will be if you don’t do something like →
Wouldn’t you like to have the Voice of Leadership?
What makes you a ‘must have’ in your business sector? How effectively are you putting that across? Send for your free e-book: The Voice of →
Let me tell you a story …
Make a point, tell a story; tell a story, make a point. That’s an easy enough mantra to follow in speeches and presentations, but what kind of →
Consider the way you sound
Listening to Classic FM as I work, I have become increasingly conscious of the effect of a change of sound. The music itself creates a →
Two nations, common language?
Americans have an interesting way with the English language, and their use of understatement is sometimes misunderstood. On LinkedIn, someone asked a group if anyone →
Who would you trust to sharpen your presentation skills?
Is presentation skills training a waste of time and money? Sadly, most of the time it is. Presentation Skills courses have attracted some opprobrium because →
Making good contact with your audience
It was the Final of the annual Anglo-Irish public speaking contest. A long-standing Toastmaster with a good record in these contests took to the stage, →
The 5th Level of Competence
I was talking to a Sales consultant recently, and he was asking me about my special skills. It’s a conversation I have had before, when →
What’s the story?
Make a point, tell a story; tell a story, make a point. That’s an easy enough mantra to follow in speeches and presentations, but what kind of →
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