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 >

Powerful Presenting: What Kamala Harris Gets Exactly Right Some time ago I saw some endearing footage on youtube. In this footage a group of enthusiastic giggling teenagers gather around Kamala Harris. Kamala had just given a presentation and one of the girls asks her in admiration: “How are you so good?” “I am going to……… Lees verder >

Why a Convincing Presentation Is Simple — But Not Easy Sometimes, as a presentation skills trainer, you feel like you’ve hit the jackpot. I experienced one of those moments last week. What started with one Ph.D. student making a small shift in how she presented, quickly turned into a chain reaction — and a powerful……… Lees verder >

Hoe je snel en goed een presentatie voorbereidt (het IKEA-verhaal) Een tijdje geleden gaf ik training aan een groepje ingenieurs. Het ging over het voorbereiden van een presentatie en hoe je dat effectief en efficiënt kunt aanpakken. Vervolgens kom ik dan met een paradoxale boodschap, namelijk dat je eerst je verhaal, doel, boodschap en stappen……… Lees verder >