Powerful Presenting For Leaders

The thing that frustrates David the most is that 80% of all presenters have simple bad habits that would immediately catapult them into the top 20% if they got rid of them. In this episode, David goes through them and how to get shut.

Remember this one devastating piece of information: Audiences remember just 5% of statistics but a genuinely shocking 63% of stories. Stories are not there to keep the audience entertained (which is still a worthy goal and has value in itself). They are not there to impart raw data and information. Stories are there to create causal links that cement the information in the audience's memory and he...

David has a coaching speaking client who is a Managing Director and a global leader in her field. He is preparing her for one of the biggest talks of her career. The temptation for almost all leaders in this position is to go deep on the product they are promoting and bang on about features and benefits. These are important but could be put in a brochure. What audiences need to see is what you sta...

The beauty of getting older is you get to live a life you never knew existed. The beauty of improving your presentation skills is you get to enjoy presenting in a way you never knew existed. In this episode, David explains the deep joy of continual improvement in improving presentation skills and why it is SO worth the effort.

David did a recent talk and someone posted online that he was not likeable or personable. Well, that would be rude if it wasn't true. But it was true for that individual so it was valuable feedback. In this episode, he explains how he dealt with it.

Speaking is a live event. Stuff happens. At a recent speaking gig, David had to dodge a number of potential landmines. In this episode, David explains how it is really important to control your speaking environment otherwise it could come back to bite you in the arse.

Nerves are always up there as a big issue for anyone who has to get up and present and so it is no surprise that David is constantly asked if he still gets nervous. In this episode, David explains how he has managed to turn nervousness into excitement.

David was reading a motivational quote on the walls of a gym that said 'The only bad workout is the one that you didn't do.' This is bullshit. A bad workout can set bad habits. Bad habits can injure you and stop you training altogether. It is the same with speaking. Bad habits set in and this hurts presentations. In this episode, David explains how it is crucial to learn from a world class source...

Too many leaders leave the organisation of their own events to their team then get surprised when things are not exactly right. Whilst delegating is essential in business, when you are up at the front, on your own, you need to know everything is right so get involved. In this episode, David shares the nightmare of an internal company conference that he was the keynote speaker at when Slido kicked...

David received the most astonishing e-mail from a former delegate and immediately set off to interview him. This is that interview. In this episode, David relates the part of the interview of Chris shares how he has used his skills, even sharing with his family.

It is easy to get caught up in a current situation and not focus on the level above.   But as an aspiring leader, it is important to do both with your presentation skills - develop them for your current environment but also the level above. In this episode, David shares how he has been preparing a young man to present at the level of a School Head while currently being a Deputy.

Lack of confidence is a huge issue for leaders when presenting. But an improvement in confidence is not just internal, it can also be external as others can already see how amazing you are before you even realise it. In this episode, David explains how it is important to let others tell you how good you really are.

Because he is a world class memoriser, all of David's speaking clients expect him to push them to memorise their talks. Without doubt, it can have a huge impact on the audience and dramatically improve your ability to really connect with your audiences. But at the same time, he really does understand how hard it is. In this episode, he goes through the best ways to do it should you wish to have a...

This episode is dead simple. David explains how you must apply best presentation skills practice to everything from appraisals to huge keynote speeches. That's it.

It goes against our entire nature to have people not liking us. It is bloody awful but thankfully, most of the time we can avoid these people. Not so with speaking. When we present, there is one indisputable fact. We cannot please all the people all the time. Some audience members will not like us, our message or both. In this episode, David uses an example of someone who sent him a vitriotic e-ma...

As we move through 2019, New Year resolutions will quickly turn to dust. So it is with presentation skills. Leaders want to improve their presenting but end up doing the same thing. As a speaker coach, this eternal problem causes David huge frustration. Is it because leaders don't have the how or because they don't have a big enough why? Or is it because they are just too weak to change? In this o...