5 Breakthrough Marketing Ideas

It is possible to create a breakthrough in your marketing and your business and all it takes is a few minor adjustments. Learn how to create a breakthrough for your business.

Story Telling As a Business Tool

Stories have been the purveyor of knowledge from time immemorial. Much before the advent of writing and publishing story telling was used as a means of communicating essential knowledge and preserve it for the future generations.

10 Tips For Bringing Your Event To Life

Your job as an event planner doesn’t stop with the meeting in the company boardroom. You may be call upon to organize an employee appreciation event, an awards dinner, a product launch, the celebrat...

Cross Cultural Presentations

Giving presentations to business personnel from different cultures can be a challenge. This article offers some pointers to help business people mould their presentations to a culturally different audience to ensure they maximise their potential.

Networking: How to Network Within Your Organisation

Although there are any number of different networking groups and events you can attend, some of the best networking can occur within your organisation. To build your profile and reputation internally and understand “who’s who in the zoo” it is worth investing time to get to know the people around you.

PowerPoint Presentations: How to Use This Tool More Effectively

Many of us use PowerPoint to convey a message to both small and large groups. Too often we see “death by powerpoint” in the corporate environment where people don’t use it effectively. Get clever when using your PowerPoint – this article has 20 tips for becoming a more engaging presenter when you use this tool.

Total Recall: How to Remember Your Speech Without Memorizing

No, you're not losing your mind. You can prevent those black outs at the podium the next time you speak. Here's how to have total recall.

How to Chair a Meeting

Meetings are viewed as a waste of time. Running effective meetings is a skill. Learn it and you'll accomplish more in less time.

Dump that Overhead Projector!

Overhead projectors put serious communication barriers between speakers and audiences. Get rid of them. You'll be glad you did - and your audience will, too.

How to Prevent Presentation and Speaking Disasters

I just got back from my whirlwind speaking engagements and it occurred to me that you might be interested in these recent experiences (especially since speaking in the number one way to increase to raise your visibility and credibility in the industry). In a matter of two weeks, I spoke at two different conferences. Although the topic was the same the audience for each was different.

Training / Presenting: Utilize Your Audience: To Your Advantage

An important aspect of any effective presentation is getting feedback from your audience. Who is a better judge of your presentation than the people you presented it to? Using your audience feedback you can make your presentation better.

Presentor / Trainer: Quick - Thinking On Your Feet

Being in control and aware of your audience is important when making a presentation. These useful tips will help you homer those curve-balls that audiences tend to throw. So step up to the plate and make that presentation more effective.

Can Stage Presence be Learned?

What is stage presence? Can it be learned? There are, undoubtedly, some ‘naturals’ in this field. The fine Welsh actor Richard Burton, for example, on his debut performance at 16, playing an extra scrubbing steps, was said to distract the audience from the Shakespearean play! Many actors commented on Burton’s extraordinary stage presence, in particular his stillness – the audience were drawn to him even when he was apparently doing nothing. Hypnotherapist Jim Sullivan discusses the fine art of projecting one's personality . . .