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I’ve been banging on for some time in our Presentation Skills Course about how creating and delivering a brilliant presentation is like composing and playing a brilliant piece of music.
It doesn’t just happen. It’s not like a bolt of lightning strikes and there you have it – a great oration. You have to do the work to make it happen. Just like you do in presentation training.
Maths was never my strong point but I always had a penchant for Venn diagrams. More of that later…
When I work with people who have to deliver team building messages or business presentations I often refer to a youtube video of the wonderful Hollywood heart string grabber, James Stewart, reading a poem about his dog named Beau. It’s pretty emotional stuff so grab a box of tissues and enjoy: Read more
In this great Ted talk by Shawn Achor entitled The Happy Secret to Better Work he is not only giving an example of a brilliant presentation (some great ideas to steal here!) but also, eloquently and sometimes hilariously, he outlines why it’s a good idea to think positively about life and work.
So, he tells us, in days gone by his little sister fell awkwardly onto her hands and knees from the top bunk. To distract her from her pain he pointed out that she looked like a unicorn and, indeed, probably was one.
He quickly looked for and saw the positive in the situation and she was happy.
And happiness, it seems, like the unicorn has a magic of its own. Surprisingly, it supercedes IQ as a key ingredient to being an effective and successful person.
This is why in all our training programmes we try to focus on working with peoples’ strengths… and it’s not always easy. Read more