Looking for a few fun Zoom icebreakers for trainers or facilitators. These seven activities can be used very easily to help you start your Zoom meetings on the right foot. I was leading a virtual training session via Zoom this week. Of course, the entire group was commenting at the end about how different the…
When folks are having challenges with public speaking, they will often contact us with questions. Since all of our consultants are both professional presenters and public speaking coaches, we thought it might be a good idea to answer a few of the most frequently asked questions. Perhaps the answer here could help you when you…
From time to time, I hear people say things like, “She is a natural speaker.” On the other hand, I also hear things like, “I’ve always been a terrible speaker.” Both of these statements may be somewhat true. But they are also both absolutely false as well. No one comes out of the womb a…
Presentation Skills, Using Analogies Analogies are a great way to take complex data in a presentation and make it easier to understand. I was in Rome a few weeks ago, and I was staying in a hotel that overlooked the city. It reminded me of an analogy the Freud created to explain the complexities of…
Thank You for Registering with Us! The video above is an introduction from Doug Staneart, CEO of The Leader’s Institute, that covers the value of having a good presentation coach. In most industries, people who communicate well tend to be more successful than those who don’t. We have identified some of the most efective public…
When you write a presentation or design a PowerPoint slideshow, make sure and think of your audience first. This public speaking video gives tips on how to write a speech better by considering the wants and needs of your audience first. When your audience changes, your presentation should also change. When your audience changes, your […]