Virtual, instructor-led training is here to stay. In the past few months, many instructors and trainers have had to adapt to a virtual environment (it has been a learning experience, to say the least). Trainers who embrace virtual platforms and adapt the best have an advantage over those who don’t. So, I thought it might be a good…
This week, I was looking back over the 100 plus blog posts and podcast episodes that we have released. One of the things that hit me was that there is a very important part of the presentation that I have totally overlooked. In fact, this is one of the first things that I train my…
Have a team that needs to build communication skills as a group? Well, just as an FYI, business presentation training is quite different from university-level public speaking classes or what you might pick up at a tasting club. For instance, a good presentation that you deliver for your friends or coworkers may actually backfire if…
Do you have to deliver a boring speech? Well, there really is no such thing as a boring speech. There are only boring speakers. But you don’t have to be one of these boring speakers. Enthusiasm and Energy is the absolute, most-important skill in public speaking. If you take only one piece of advice about…
We had a small but spunky public speaking workshop in Chicago, Illinois this week! This is the first presentation class that we have conducted in Chicago since the pandemic. So, it was really nice to get back to our office in downtown Chicago! If you have been keeping up with out post on social media…
We just finished another great presentation skills class in Charlotte, North Carolina. A few folks in the class were local businesspeople from Charlotte. However, a couple of participants drove in from Atlanta, GA. One even flew in from The Cayman Islands to attend the public speaking class. As with many people who attend this class,…