Powerful Presenting For Leaders
David Thomas, global speaker and executive speaking coach, shows leaders how to handle their nerves when presenting, really connect with their audience and walk off feeling like a presentation rockstar!
https://www.CreatingPresentationRockstars.com
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 165
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
#165 Do you NEED to memorise a speech?
When non-professional speakers can memorise a speech and deliver it without notes, that puts them in the top 1%. But Jamie Oliver won 2010 TED speaker of the Year while clutching a pile of notes a mi…
#164 The perfect structure for EVERY talk
Want to smash that next presentation? Put your content in the right order.
There is one structure that is perfect for every single presentation whether that is a keynote speech, a sales pitch or 1-2-…
#163 Get Some Baubles In Your Talk
A presentation with only education in it is like a Xmas tree without baubles. Boring and forgettable. Stories, humour and entertainment are the baubles, tinsel and lighting that bring every presentat…
#162 Three things you need in EVERY presentation
There are three things that EVERY presentation should have - education, inspiration and entertainment.
Problem is, most presentations are 99% education and that makes them a lecture. And no-one wants…
#161 12 hard lessons I learned from speaking in 2023
David is not just a presentation skills coach, he is out there banging out talks in front of audiences every week.
In this episode, he outlines 12 different lessons he learned from 12 different event…
#160 Is AI going to make presentation skills obsolete?
David recently watched a fantastic interview with the creator of DeepTomCruise, a TikTok channel. He thought it would be a frivolous (ish) conversation about creating fun videos.
But it was way diffe…
#159 Death to Powerpoint (as we know it)
'Death By Powerpoint' has been a well worn phrase that shows just how horrifically bad most presenters use this application.
But in this episode, David explains how Powerpoint - and more specifically…
#158 How to be the host with the most
Being the MC of a conference is a job that can make or break a fantastic event.
David was recently asked to coach a client to perform this role who had volunteered to do it but had never done it befo…
#157 You are nowhere as special as you think you are
All David's presentation skills coaching clients tell him the same thing. That 'their' speaking/clients/products/service is unique and different to everyone else's.
But in reality, the basic principl…
#156 Sometimes it just comes down to cold, hard cash
David's tagline is Making Leaders Presentation Rockstars and when presenting, it is brilliant to feel that way. The audience laughing at your jokes and clapping you off stage.
But sometimes the reaso…
#155 Putting the fun into funeral
As a leadership presentation skills coach, David is always approached to help leaders improve their speaking in the business world first.
But in this episode, David explains how it is even more impor…
#154 9 presentation skills lessons learned from 2022
Even as an experienced 25 year speaker, David understands one thing - speaking is a live event.
Every presentation and speech he gives has the ability to teach him something because every one is uniq…
#153 The only barrier to success is you
David was ill over Xmas and had to cancel everything. His mate reframed it by saying that Xmas was just a refence point and he could see all the people at some other time over the coming weeks.
David…
#152 Best practice speaking works with best practice writing
David recently got asked to do somethng unusual - rewrite someone's LinkedIn profile.
In this episode, he shares how this came about through a presentation skills coaching class he delivered and how,…
#151 Your staff are your dream makers but do you actually treat them more like servants?
David recently did a coaching session with a client who said his boss did not treat him with the respect he deserved. But this client turned up late to see David and didn't apologise.
Almost every le…
#150 Your speaking is either a hamster wheel or drilling an oil well
Speakers should never be repeaters. Churning out the same old stuff every time is stale for audiences and for you.
David recently used a brand new start for an important talk at the National Sales Co…
#149 Be prepared to try anything
As a leader, you already understand that success is based on trying something new.
It is about getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. Otherwise, you are just a hamster on a wheel going round a…
#148 Stop talking like you are on TV
YouTube research shows that the most successful channels are those where people are chatting on the video like you are the only one watching.
Yet, most videos online are done in a style by people as …
#147 Belt it out like you did the very first time
David has just done the same talk 44 times in 9 consecutive working days to 10,000 students in 9 different schools in the UK.
The #1 question he got asked every single day was "How do you keep it fre…
#146 Don't let the tail wag the dog; be a demanding diva
When you present externally, you are the best one in the room. If you weren't, someone else would be standing at the front. So act like it.
Make sure you get the exact speaking circumstances that you…