Research from over 4000 presentations that examines typical presentation pitfalls - and what you can do about them.

One Minute Pause No 40
Way back in OMP #6 I talked about the importance of a transferable presentation message. Today I would like to touch upon something a bit similar: the concept of usable presentations.
Usability is a bit of a buzzword in internet and technology. It describes the target market’s comfort level about finding […]

We show you what a great argument looks like - accompanied by a great PowerPoint.

One Minute Pause No 43
Selling is considered a reasonably complex area and everyone seems to have different opinions on what makes a successful salesperson. A search with the keyword “sales” in the books section on Amazon this morning revealed 18, 234 titles dedicated to the subject. That’s a lot of analysis and advice to soak up.

A common presentation problem is filling your presentation with “umms and errs”. This article looks at how to eliminate them, and other habitual conversation fillers, from your presentation.

Speaking for 45 minutes when it can be done in 10 is a crime. Be the person known for making short, sharp, relevant presentations. Here’s how…

Powerpoint can be a big problem for presenters. It can take away from a presenter’s natural style, resulting in a wooden delivery. In this blog we invite you to reduce your addiction!

Here are three tips that you can use straight away to lift the power of your presentations via the use of effective body language.

One Minute Pause No 31
OK - here it is in black and white: some sales people do tend to talk a little bit too much. Here’s what the client seems to hear over the course of a 45 minute presentation:
“Here’s what we offer…and another thing…and here’s another really great service…and another…and another…here’s a […]

One Minute Pause no 30
I’ve never really quoted Jamie Oliver, except for when cooking his “salmon with herbs in newspaper”. I’ll quite often run my thumbs along the flesh and say something like “lovely and fresh, beautiful”.
So this is an OMP first - a quote from the bloke himself. And both OMP […]