Category Archives: Presentation Skills Tips
Great Presenter Interviews – Alan Donegan
Over the next couple of months we will be running a series every forthnight on ‘Great Presenters’. What makes a great presenter? How can you become a great presenter? These questions and more will be answered every week by a new person. The series will offer a broad perspective on presentations from people who either do [...]
What makes a great presenter?
Every day millions of people around the world give presentations. How many have you sat through that have been truly inspiring? How many have just not hit the mark? The truth is, most presenters are simply just average – and others are simply terrible. But among the crowds of presenters there are usually a few [...]
Content or delivery?
TweetFollow @enjoypresenting What is the most important part of a presentation? What it contains, such as the words, the message and the ideas or the way those ideas are delivered and presented to the audience? When you present should you work more on delivery or content and message? I have been giving his dilemma a [...]
Can you tell a good story?
Do people believe you even when you are making things up? Can you entertain a room full of people? Well this is what the 7 best story tellers from the Toastmasters clubs in Surrey are going to be doing next week, on Wednesday June 22nd at the Mole Valley Speaker’s Club, held in the Great Hall [...]
Ever wanted to be on the radio?
Do you think it is very different giving a presentation on radio compared to in person? What can we learn from being on the radio as presenters? In few days’ time Radio Hartley Wintney is firing up again for the summer! I will be co-hosting on two shows, and I will have my own show [...]
Spatial Anchoring
This week, our colleague Bill, one of the trainers here at Enjoy Presenting, is sharing a presentation technique which can help improve your presentation, not just for you, but also for your audience. This is Bill’s first blog post, so we’d love to hear what you think. Welcome to WordPress, Bill!´ How would you like a [...]
Enjoy Presenting at the CIPD
Enjoy Presenting are going to the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Professional Development, www.cipd.co.uk) When you are writing a presentation one of the most important questions to ask your self is “Who are my audience?” This allows you to tailor your subject to your audience, get a better connection, influence and persuade more and give the audience [...]
Presentation Layout – Important or Insignificant?
People often spend a lot of time focusing on what is put into a presentation, but it is just as important to understand and focus on what surrounds our presentation – like the settings, the layout and the audience. The environment can play a vital role in your presentation, so testing it, utilising it, showing [...]
Have the audience rolling in the aisles: How to add humour to your speech
Where will you be on the 6th-8thth May? In our last Enjoy Presenting blog, we mentioned that our lead trainer Alan Donegan will be speaking at the 2011 Toastmasters’ International Spring Conference, also known as A Spring Odyssey. Here is a little more information for you: Enjoy Presenting’s lead trainer Alan Donegan made it to [...]
Where do you go to practice new skills?
Who do you hang around with if you want to learn new skills? What do you need to do to further develop your skills? How do you get really good at something? Take public speaking as an example, most people come to a point in their life where they have to speak in [...]
