Have you ever sat through a boring presentation? I’m going to guess your answer is “yes”. Invariably, when we ask this question to our program participants, all hands go up. Think back to those presentations. I’m willing to bet there was a common element: a deck of densely packed PowerPoint slides behind the speaker. Now, I don’t …
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Do you switch personality, changing your style or voice to engage colleagues and managers or your friends and family? Do you struggle to connect with some people? Do you get nervous and shaky before an important meeting? Do you want to seem stronger and achieve consistency and act authentically in all of your communications ? …
“The nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them.Well, I can’t speak.”-The King’s Speech, 2010. The King’s Speech is a powerful, inspirational story of the impromptu and unexpected rise of Prince Albert to the throne of King George VI. The story unfolds as an extraordinary speech therapist helps a stammering, unconfident man with …
Poor old PowerPoint. So often this unassuming piece of software is used for evil. Well, not exactly evil. That makes it sound too exciting. So often it’s used to stultify, numb and create grinding tedium in educational facilities and boardrooms around the world. It’s been so badly used, yet is so ubiquitous, that the US armed …
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Energy. The force that propels Mick Jagger to strut around the stage like an amped-up rooster. The element that allows Russell Brand to manically sprout reams of Shakespearean-sounding soliloquies. The factor that made John McEnroe so determined (and so… um … passionate). When we think of these people, we immediately associate them with confidence, passion and …
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