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 […]

There seems to be hundreds of theories and opinions about nerves in relation to making a presentation. Possibly one of the more famous sayings is that it is okay to have butterflies, as long as they are flying in the same formation. Other people say presentation nerves are built-in anti-complacency buttons, ensuring that […]

When paintballing misses the target
Katie Taylor, Mail on Sunday
24 October 2005
RALLYING the staff with paintball battles, clay pigeon shooting and other teambuilding days is popular with companies.
For instance, blue-chip retailer Marks & Spencer hit the headlines this month when it hired an American speaker to fire up its 56,000 employees and revive flagging sales.
But some […]

We all have an idea of the “typical telesales” person.
Usually it’s someone who:
- catches you at the worse time
- talks at you rather than to you
- inundates you with thousands of fast, and irrelevant words
- asks few questions
- tries to convince you to do something you don’t want to do
- hopes that they get their […]

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 […]

One Minute Pause no 29
When we are selling our products or services to people, we are often after the big ticket sale - expensive purchases, large contracts, long periods of consultancy, complicated projects.
The rewards are great, but there’s a downside - the bigger and more complicated the sale, the harder it can be for prospective […]

There are people who like Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary. And there are plenty who don’t.
Regardless of how he operates, I do admire the way he communicates.
O’Leary pulls no punches. He wastes no words. His carefully prepared media statements are well considered. He never deviates from what he believes in.
Consider this: […]

One Minute Pause no 28
Imagine you are at a dinner party.
You’ve had a glass of wine, and you get into a friendly argument with your mate Greg.
The argument continues for 10 minutes and you’re both enjoying it.
The host calls you all to the table and you carry on talking to another […]