To make your presentation memorable you need to connect with your audience intellectually and emotionally. We connect intellectually through our choice of material and our organisation of our ideas – but it is the emotional connections that will make our audience...
Have you been to hear a charismatic speaker whose style and skill really energised you? But when you came to analyse what was said you found that there was little of worth actually said? A really powerful presenter appeals to our intelligence as well as to our...
So you have overcome your initial fear, and using coping self-talk you have set yourself realistic goals and now you are in that room full of strangers. What to do now?If you remember that most of us will feel some degree of nervousness or shyness in this situation...
Anyone who has tried meditation knows first hand the constant ongoing stream of unconscious self-talk. Trying to empty the mind is very difficult, even when we are consciously trying to avoid thought it just keeps coming!Bryce Courtney once pointed out that our...
If you are honest, I bet you are one of the very many of us who are uncomfortable walking into a room full of people you have never met. Truthfully now, aren’t you?There are many situations which we may encounter everyday of our lives that make us feel...