by Trish Springsteen | May 13, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
One of the prices paid by being a Communication Trainer is that I rarely listen to other people’s presentations without making a performance assessment with some suggestions for improvement. It may be good practice, but it means I can focus on the delivery and...
by Trish Springsteen | May 9, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
“I will do all I can to help you understand, and you must strain every nerve to follow what I am saying.” Plato – SymposiumIt is an unfortunate fact of public speaking that many people worry terribly about such things as being nervous; organising their...
by Trish Springsteen | May 6, 2011 | Communication, Public Speaking
If you went into any household store you would find a host of organisers…. kitchen organisers; special drawers to organise your cutlery; there are hoards of containers which only have two purposes in life, and that is to organise your cupboards and...
by Trish Springsteen | May 2, 2011 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
Over 2,500 years ago, a well known public speaker rose to his feet in the Greek Forum and said “One who forms a judgment on any point but cannot explain it, might as well never have thought at all on the subject.” (Pericles quoted in ‘Elements of Rhetoric’...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 26, 2011 | Communication, Public Speaking
Along with computer literacy, professional presentation skills are becoming a new survival skill in the workplace. “ – Ethel M. Cook And as with any survival tactic, we look towards technology to provide us with the equipment. Luckily we...