Improve presentation skills: how to keep your audience engaged? (Crack the code) If you want to improve presentation skills, keeping your audience engaged is key. Karel had a good strong voice; his pace of speaking was fine. He had a strong posture and it seemed like he knew what he was talking about. Ben came……… Lees verder >

Improve presentation skills: how anyone can become a confident speaker If you want to improve your presentation skills, you might think you need to be naturally confident or extravert. If you would have told me when I was younger, like 8,9 years old that I would become a presentation skills teacher, I would have laughed……… Lees verder >

Improve presentation skills: why perfection is holding you back When sands slips through your hands…… If you want to improve your presentation skills, trying to be perfect might actually be working against you. I remember it vividly…. Quite some years back I was invited to talk to a women group of more than a hundred……… Lees verder >

How to be an excellent presenter? LET GO! Be PRESENT and get out of your Worrying or Thinking CLOUD.How do you become an excellent presenter? It often starts with something counterintuitive: letting go. What keeps you from being an excellent presenter? Imagine Ronald. While, presenting Ronald was a bit stiff, frozen almost. Feet glued to……… Lees verder >

How to Develop Excellent Presenting Skills: Solving the Paradox Will you solve the paradox of excellent presenting? In my view, most speakers fall into two groups. Only a handful manage to transcend these groups and truly develop excellent presenting skills. Why? Because it requires mastering two opposing skills — and balancing them. And that can……… Lees verder >

How to Create a Successful Presentation with More Impact and Grip. On a regular basis, I train or coach people who have had an unpleasant presenting experience. A conference where they did not come across as professional.A client presentation that did not go as planned. A few weeks ago, I experienced this again. When a……… Lees verder >

Waarom presentatievaardigheden cruciaal zijn voor professionals (en hoe je ze verbetert) Vrij regelmatig geef ik training of coach ik mensen die helaas niet zo’n fijne presenteer ervaring achter de rug hebben. Ze hebben geen professionele indruk achtergelaten op een congres en balen daarvan. Of de presentatie is niet helemaal goed gegaan tijdens een klant presentatie.……… Lees verder >

Stop Fighting Your Presentation Nerves (Do This Instead)   Often people that I coach write in their intake form that they would like to “fight” , “to eliminate” or “combat” their presentation nerves. Their use of the verbs “fight”, “eliminate”, “combat” sounds like true war language! Unfortunately, this war attitude is not going to help……… Lees verder >

How Kamala Harris Reduces Presentation Nerves In my previous blog I described how Kamala Harris gathered with some teenage girls after one of her public speaking performances. One of the girls approached Kamala with the question: “How are you so good (in public speaking)?” Kamala answered: Think “It is not about you”. What does Kamala……… Lees verder >