MAT model
Tips for better presentations are everywhere. What we need is a way to use those tips to make better presentations – a framework for presentations. … Continue readingMAT model
Category: Radical Presenting
Ideas and philosophies about making better presentations that fly in the face of the usual tosh and rubbing you read online. Techniques that take a bit of courage but will absolutely make your better presentations stand out.
When to use jargon in your presentations
Jargon has a bad press – and in very many ways thats for good reason. We’re constantly told not to use jargon in our presentations but that’s simplistic advice from trainers trying to sound good with cool-sounding-tips. BadVice alert! Let’s look at … Continue readingWhen to use jargon in your presentations
How to use music to make better presentations
It’s a tricky thing. There are some huge advantages to using music, but some pretty significant pitfalls, too. So here’s your guide to using music well, and avoiding the things can can go wrong. Why use music? Music is intended and designed … Continue readingHow to use music to make better presentations
Pictionary Presentations
I’m not particularly one for party games. I’ve had too many experiences of coming last. I guess it says more than I’d like to admit about me and my friends that that matters. But I do rather like Pictionary. For those of … Continue readingPictionary Presentations
Doctors’ presentations – part two
Last week, I started to explore some of the work of Mayer about how to make presentations have more impact, in terms of what audience’s remember and can apply. There’s more though, and it’s all good stuff. In terms of the jargon, … Continue readingDoctors’ presentations – part two
Why I don’t make my presentations as good as they could be
Okay, let’s address the elephant in the room first. Sometimes I don’t do anything as well as I could because I’m lazy. That includes making presentations. There, I’ve said it. I like to pretend to myself I’m not actually lazy, just “efficient” … Continue readingWhy I don’t make my presentations as good as they could be
Why your presentation shouldn’t worry about VAK
If I had a pound for everyone who came to me citing the VAK model, I’d be a rich man. In case you’ve managed to avoid hearing about it, the basic idea is that people have a preference for how they take … Continue readingWhy your presentation shouldn’t worry about VAK
Marine Haiku
One of my pet peeves when I’m training people in making awesome presentations is that when I ask the, they don’t know what they’re presentation is for. I get waffly answers relating to what it’s about, but that’s not the same thing at … Continue readingMarine Haiku
Confidence without calm :)
Amy Wood Brooks works at the Harvard Business School and in 2014 she wrote a paper called “Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement”. Not the sexiest title for a document but the content is pretty darn exciting. She was looking at … Continue readingConfidence without calm 🙂