Leaders are realising there are considerable upsides to virtual presenting: Saving time and money Wider reach Audience and presenter typically more relaxed Easy and straightforward to record and share presentations Reduces the amount of carbon in the environment. But, it’s very possible to be quite dull when presenting online. You,…
Organisations and leaders are coming to realise that there are considerable upsides to virtual presenting: saves time and money wider reach more participants available audience typically more relaxed easy and straightforward to record and share presentations reduces the increasing amount of carbon in the environment. It is of course quite…
12 habits of exceptional presenters There are demonstrable, subtle and consistent differences between presenting virtually and presenting in-person. However, it would be wrong to assume that the emphasis switches to the technology and that takes precedent. Whilst mastering the technology is a pre-requisite of well-honed virtual presenting skills, it is…
Practical tools to nail your 2020 online presentations Thanks to Covid-19, video conferencing has gone viral. Now we are all jumping on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, WebEx and other online platforms and many of us are, in addition, delivering online presentations. When so much of your success in business hangs on…
Master video conference calls Thanks to the virus, online presenting has gone viral. When so much of your success in business hangs on your ability to present effectively, knowing how to deliver at video conferences is now key. Think of this blog as a ‘how to’ blueprint of the fundamentals…
10 simple things you can do to engage the audience How often have you been distracted or disengaged when in the audience at a presentation? We love to poll our audiences at Jeremy Cassell Coaching. Recent evidence suggested 48% of the respondents admitted to doing something other than listening during…
It’s my birthday and I was married 3 weeks ago. There we are – that’s a start! Most coachees or participants on my training programmes say a version of this to me often: “…as long as I can get through the first 2 minutes of a presentation, then I tend…
Articulate a burning platform – NOW! Over 30 years ago now, a terrible tragedy hit the UK North Sea oil industry – The Piper Alpha disaster. You may have heard of it or remember what happened. At nine-thirty on a July evening in 1988, a disastrous explosion and fire occurred…
What does ‘Present with authenticity’ really mean? In an increasingly sceptical world, authenticity is critical. Authenticity allows your audience to trust you as the presenter and trust that your content is real and valuable. Statistics show that only one third of us believe ‘most people’ can be trusted, so how…
You persuade through reason; you motivate through emotion. That’s the nub of it. You will be persuasive if you: have an easy to follow structure for every presentation signpost (tell audience what is going on) regularly articulate and repeat a small number of clear messages Regular dollops of evidence help…