Category: Presentation
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Body Language and Lying
As a trainer you need to be able to read people, your audience. Are they getting the message? Do they understand you? Do they think you are an idiot? Are they faking it? Are they lying to you? I have talked about body language before but here is a good post from lifehacker on body…
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Trial and Error Training
This is one of the most straight forward common sense video’s I have seen but very applicable to trainers. I have been delivering a lot of project management training over the last few months and it dawned on me after watching this video that I had been telling potential project managers that they really need…
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PowerPoint Extras
You can read all of the articles and posts about the dangers and evils of PowerPoint but it is still a very good tool for the trainer. Of course it should be used professionally and sparingly. I have embedded a video I made a while ago on the use of PowerPoint. The look of PowerPoint…
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Great Presentations
I hope to be putting forward a series of Training Tips 56 videos soon on various aspects of making effective presentations. I have a few ideas but still interested in what you would like to see. Here is a good article which may get you thinking. It may also help you. The video below is…
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Remembering what to say in your next presentation
How do you remember what to say in a presentation? It is a difficult question really and most likely the best results will come from different techniques for different people. Here is a good article covering this topic but it is not really how I would do it. It is important to clarify here that…
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Great Training Introductions
As promised here is our first Training Tips 56 video for the year. Sorry for the delay but it has been a very busy year so far with a number of critical career and business changes and hence I just haven’t had the time. I will be posting new videos regularly so ensure that you…
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Presentation skills
Simple little post today just like this simple little video on how to create an effective presentation. Hope this helps everyone who is struggling to get it right. Me included.
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No more bad presentations
A lot of my students and many others are tackling the competency unit Make a presentation as part of their Certificate IV in TAE. For some this is their first, real, out in front of a strange audience, presentation and that can be a daunting task. Here is a good link to some very good…
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Training Magic
Please watch the clip below. One, because it’s just good fun. The second reason though is that the presenter or entertainer here is doing a number of things that make this short performance memorable. Can a trainer be this memorable? Of course they can but you need to really work on it. While your watching…
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Body Language
I’ve written a few posts about body language and its importance to trainers. One of the key aspects of body language though is not over interpreting. Make sure you have read informed, knowledgeable articles and that you have gathered suitable quality evidence before you start to read too much into what you see a person…