Whenever you’re giving a presentation, you always want to ensure that your audience can relate to your words. The same speech given the night before that received standing ovations, could easily be met with jeers the next morning. This is based on one dominant factor, your audience. To get your message across, your audience has […]
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Presentation Skills: The Hamburger Parable
Guess who’s coming to dinner?!? Why great presenters should put ketchup on the table, even at the swankiest events… When President Trump went for a meal with the Japanese prime minister, he rejected the finest sushi made by top chefs in favour of a juicy hamburger. Fortunately, his guests had researched what he likes to […]
Hero’s Journey Approach to Storytelling
Let’s picture the scene. You are sitting in an audience waiting for the next presentation to begin. For the past hour your time has been consumed by data, bullets and lots of technical information. Now imagine the next speaker takes to the stage and launches into a PowerPoint presentation full of complex text and cluttered […]