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Life’s too short for dull presentations part 5 Anxiety

29/06/2009

Life’s too short for dull presentations part 5 Anxiety Anxiety – What can we do so we are not a quivering wreck when we stand up to speak? Firstly let me bust a common myth – everyone gets nervous. Even professionals – its just that some people get used to it with experience and others […]

Life’s too short for dull presentations part 4 Delivery

22/06/2009

Life’s too short for dull presentations part 4 Delivery You’ve probably heard that people retain information like this: 7% Verbal, 38% Vocal, 55% Visual (this is probably an underestimation by the way). But even so, it means that if we say some great stuff with a dull voice and bad body language our message is […]

Life’s too short for dull presentation part 3 the balancing act!

15/06/2009

Life’s too short for dull presentations part 2 Preparation

08/06/2009

Preparation – If you can’t say it in a minute, you can’t say it in an hour… Start with the end in mind…sounds cheesy, but its easy to skip this bit and carry on regardless, ending up planning a talk that isn’t anything to do with what you were meant to do. Ask: Who am […]

Life's too short for dull presentations part 1 The Wedding Speech

01/06/2009

Life’s too short for dull presentations

Barack Obama admits to a mistake – could his really be a whole new way of doing politics?!

04/02/2009

When I do my ‘motivating without money’ keynote I talk about the fact that we must really take what Jim Collins said very seriously – “the moment you thing you are great you have lost it”. Admitting your mistakes is one of the most powerful ways to build trust in your employees and also develop […]

Ruby Wax is my warm-up! International Confex 2009 – Motivating Without Money Seminar

20/01/2009

Looks like I will be speaking on the same programme as Ruby Wax! Ruby – Earls Court Wednesday 25th February 13:00 Me – Earls Court Wednesday 25th February 15:15 So strictly speaking she is my warm-up! See you there 🙂 Lee Jackson www.cuttothechase.co.uk

The difference between Marketing, PR, Advertising and Branding c/o Ads of the World

09/01/2009

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Apple introduces Keynote '09 the ultimate tool for speakers and trainers. Compare this to Powerpoint and realise why I am a convert!

06/01/2009

Oh yeah and did I mention you can use your Iphone or Ipod Touch to move the slides on and view them via Wifi! WOW! Apple – iWork – Keynote – Presentations with amazing effects. Lee Jackson www.cuttothechase.co.uk

Accurist – British Real Time

07/12/2008

Accurist – British Real Time What a great way to update an “outdated” product – we can always think out of the box again and again mmmm sounds like good advice for challenging times. Lee Jackson www.cuttothechase.co.uk

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