Winning Business Presentations
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What has Easter simnel cake got to do with giving a great presentation?
Surprisingly there are a number of similiarities and here Cath Daley outlines what they are so you can give a successful presentation every time….

The extremes of the presentations spectrum- which are you?

In this post Cath shows how lessons from MasterChef can help you produce an exceptional presentation every time.

If you’ve ever had to endure a “Death by PowerPoint” presentation then you’ll really enjoy this very funny video…..

Two things have come together this week….. I had a question sent to me on LinkedIn and I saw a TV ad for the upcoming US Presidential debates between Barak Obama and Mitt Romney. How are the two connected? The question was “I’m not really convinced that body language, gestures, facial expressions and appearance are [...]

Here is a great example of how it can go disastrously and catastrophically wrong when you decide to be spontaneous in your presentation……

Presentation audiences are very much like aircraft passengers…….

When the messages are mixed it can create confusion and even hilarity…… have a look at this clip to see what I mean.

In London recently I was in a hurry and took a black cab from my hotel to the station. I was desperate not to miss my train and the driver was brilliant, exhibiting the famous ”knowledge”  to get me there in record time. Now let me ask you a question – would you ever get [...]

If you are feeling down and struggling a bit at the moment here is a simple 5 step exercise to change all that…..

The words do matter in a speech but the way they are delivered matters more in terms of how the speech is received and perceived.So how did David Cameron do?

How you can use what you know from high school physics to give a winning business presentation…..

How a simple yet profound idea can be truly exciting and inspirational…….

Are you distracted or distracting when presenting in your business? and what are the consequences?

Chances are that whatever your business at some stage you will be have to do some sort of business presentation and this happened to the wife of a friend of mine recently …..

Have you ever done the same as this hotel owner I met in Scotland?……

Things to hate about PowerPoint… how many of these drive you nuts?

If you regularly go business networking have you noticed an increase in the number of events and the number of people new to networking?

And I think many have been given this sort of advice…..

How The Macula have taken a well known type of presentation event and made it their own…..

This was their opportunity to convey their business idea in such a way as to convince and persuade Lord Sugar to become their business partner and ……

Unfortunately The Dementors are at work in every business and every organisation….

Are you one of the 68% of businesses who pass up on this chance to market your business for free?

Wow! what a weekend of music…. I think Glastonbury was better than ever this year. Even my 82 yr old Mum watched it! I didn’t know she was so interested…..  although I do remember she wouldn’t let me go when I was 18… anyway that’s another story. I wasn’t able to be there but like many [...]

Much research suggests that a relatively small proportion of the meaning of any communication is conveyed through the words that we say. But just how critical is the choice of words to use? and is it different for men and women?

How your business presentation can be different, like The Iron Men in Crosby…………

The 10 questions that will help you to really tailor your presentation to your listeners

I came across this story the other day so I thought I’d share it with you……………

The other day I was doing a bit of spring cleaning and you know when you start a task and then get side tracked? Well I was  sorting through the desk drawers and came across some photos we’d taken on previous holidays  and ended up going through lots of them  ….. This was taken in  [...]