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If you're interested in working with me on presentations, click here. Do you want to improve your presentation skills? Speak with confidence in meetings with colleagues of multiple nationalities? Communicate clearly on global calls? The Sasuga! Presentation Skills...
I was surprised and delighted to receive the flowers in the photo from participants who completed the first five-session Sasuga! Presentation Skills Course. What a beautiful reminder of how everyone's confidence and skills bloomed over several weeks. One participant...
We had some extra fun at a Sasuga! Presentation Skills workshop the other day with Teamcation. I first heard of Teamcation when the inventors of the activity – a group of international school girls aged from 11 to 12 – emailed and asked to interview me as a...
“My jacket,” replied one workshop participant when I asked her what she liked about her presentation as we reviewed a video of it. We all laughed. At least she told me something she liked. Frequently, people immediately respond with what they don’t like when I ask...
No, that’s not a typo in the title. I’m talking about how you can move physically as a presenter to help move your audience emotionally and get your message across. This follows last week’s post “An easy step to presenting with more confidence,” which highlighted the...
Some of you have asked for presentation tips. Here’s one: think about where you’re standing when giving a presentation. It affects how you come across to your audience and can boost your confidence. Let’s take three typical settings in business and public speaking: No...
Coaching a Japanese executive in presentation skills a few weeks ago, the first time I asked him to stand up and speak he began with, “I, er, would, er, like, er, to, er…” It was the worst case of the “ers” that I’d ever heard. People often claim that they say “er” or...
I spent hours searching for good stock photos to represent “giving presentations” on my website before the launch. So many to choose from, but I rejected all but a handful because most showed what not to do rather than what we should do. Three reasons stood out for...