Another thing that audiences always enjoy is the chance to laugh. It achieves several things for both speaker and audience when humour is successfully injected into a speech or presentation. Amongst these are that it relaxes the speaker (or at least reassures them); similarly the audience is unified and reassured about the speaker’s general composure [...]
Hands and, in particular, arms. Odd isn’t it? They go about their daily routine not bothering you a jot but the moment you drag them up onto the stage they take on an awkwardness, shyness and general incapacity to function that is often very disconcerting. So, what do we do with them? Short of lopping [...]
(Originally posted on November 5th) Today was a bit special. Today I got to assist a local school, in Suffolk here in the UK, with some presentation training for the Lower Sixth form – so, roughly 16 to 17 year olds. What an inspired idea on the part of the school. Well, so indeed it [...]