Category: Presentation
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National HR Summit
Photo by Edwin Andrade on Unsplash I would be lucky if I go to one conference every couple of years. I generally don’t have the time. I have booked in for the National HR Summit in Sydney next year though. It is on the 26th and 27th of March. Check out the program. Looks very good. Hope I…
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Presentations and anxiety
Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash I have delivered quite a few presentations this year as well as delivered a few effective presentation programs. I often tell the audience how presenting is the exact opposite of where I would have thought my career lay. I hated presenting. I feared it. It made me sick with stress and worry. Then…
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Engaging Graphs
Photo by Carlos Muza on Unsplash I was delivering a program on analysing and presenting research information this week and I always provide examples of engaging graphs. I was asked how you create such graphs. Well here is one site. You can try the free stuff and if your really need it you can pay for a more…
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Petrified of Presenting?
Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash I got that question again last week. How do you stand up there talking to us and make it look so easy? Don’t you get nervous? Yes, I do but it does dissipate quickly. I’ll be honest it used to terrify me. My only answer as to how public speaking became my…
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Fear of public speaking
Photo by Marcos Luiz Photograph on Unsplash Yes, I still get a little nervous before every training session and I have delivered many, many sessions, speeches and presentations. I get over it pretty quick though. I know that many people get quite stressed out by making a presentation. Maybe the article below will assist you. For the trainers…
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Story Telling
If you have ever been a participant in one of my programs you will know that I use a lot of stories to get my point across. That was just a natural thing for me to do. It’s the way I was brought up but many trainers I have found don’t use stories and…
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Speech length calculator
Photo by Paul Bence on Unsplash One of the biggest questions I get regarding speeches, presentations and training is how do I know how long it will take. I never really have a good answer for that until now. Below is a calculator that takes how many words you are going to say and calculates the time it…
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Fatigue and the trainers performance
Photo by Ana Martin on Unsplash Recently I conducted a fairly standard training day and for me it just didn’t click. I couldn’t at the time put my finger on what was wrong but afterwards I realised it was fatigue. I was tired. It wasn’t just work. I had a lot of stuff going on…
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Sunday Zephyr – Learn, teach, run.
How is your Sunday going? I stumbled on this video during the week. Great speech with many interesting and diverse ideas. Key points are learn, everyone should be a teacher and run. I like all three of those ideas. Can’t see the video – click here
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Telling Stories
Photo by Robyn Budlender A big part of my training is stories. They can be my stories or other peoples stories but they are important as they provide interest, information, humour and engagement. Telling a good story is not complex but it is something all trainers need to come to grips with. Maybe the Art of…