In a word, yes, because your audience will see you before they hear you. Therefore their first impression will be about how you look. Once you speak, your words and tone of voice will rapidly temper their opinion. However, once you’ve finished, the lasting impression you leave will remain affected by the image they remember. […]
The possibility of losing your voice before a speech or presentation rates right up there as one of the greatest fears facing presenters and facilitators. The voice is a powerful but fragile instrument capable of the finest and most subtle nuances. We should really be looking after it properly. Here are some simple but useful […]
It is accepted by many presentation skills practitioners that the fear of making a fool of oneself is central to all other fears. The specific one I wish to address here is mentioned regularly during programmes or lectures that I’ve delivered – the fear of addressing high level business people or “superiors”. I recall having similar […]
[info]Is your slide show achieving what you intended? What if it isn’t…[/info] Your slides are supposed to help you make a better presentation. For most of us it does the opposite. Here’s why: Psychologically most of us create a slide show to help us stay on track. That’s the truth. Then we read it to […]
Of our five senses, we rely predominantly on our eyes for information – in fact research reveals that the eyes give us as much as 87% of our information. It follows then that the visual information we give out has an overriding impact on the success of any presentation. This is why practice is never […]