Think for a moment about a great speaker you have seen or heard. It could be a famous person or it could be someone you know personally. Now imagine that you are about to enter into an interaction or are about to deliver a presentation and you could ‘take on the cloak’ of that great speaker. Imagine presenting in the manner of that person. Read more…

When I talk about techniques to handle fear and to inspire confidence in my speech communication and sales presentation work, I cover the point of writing down wins and the good things that happen to you, and reviewing those wins.  I call these ‘Win Notes’.  Most participants in my programmes report they more often remember Read more…

In my speech communication and sales presentations work, at the start of a multi-modular programme I tell the participants that they will learn numerous, powerful techniques in being perceived as very articulate, extremely competent and genuinely interested in other people – through how they listen, speak and present themselves. Then I ask them to consider what is the real worth of those perceptions. Read more…