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
#105 You should use what people are interested in
David did a LinkedIn post on his bodybuilding recently and got ten times the usual number of views. Ten times!
A quick flick back through his feed shows that this is the usual response.
On the one ha…
#104 Lessons from a world class comedian
David loves watching other people who have to stand up and deliver to a live audience for a living.
Last week, he saw Jimmy Carr, a stand up comedian in the UK, do 2 hours of material and he was sens…
#103 How improving presentation skills is life changing
Mark Cowgill is a remarkable guy. He is a Director and Co-Founder of Exa Networks in Bradford and he booked David to do presentation skills coaching for him and his team in 2019/20.
David asked Mark …
#102 An Aspen school teacher can show you the error of your speaking ways
In 2009, a client booked David to go to Aspen to teach his kids memory and exam techniques. While there, he got the chance to speak to a teacher in the local school. He was utterly shocked at their p…
#101 You are a right lazy bugger - but so are your audiences
Multiply 10 x 10.
Got it? Of course.
Now multiply 13 x 76.
Struggling....?
Still struggling....? 😂
Trust me, we are all the same and the reason is because of a concept called mental economy. We shut …
#100 Why it is easier to get a no than a yes
Chris Voss is a Masterclass presenter and former FBI negotiator. David heard an interview with him and the guy had some very interesting approaches to managing situations that are highly counter intu…
#99 You might feel like telling a challenger to f**k off but just hold your horses
When a challenger arrives to tell us how shit we are at something, everyone's instinct is to tell them to get stuffed. Or get defensive and justify our actions.
But neither of the above are the right…
#98 You are the presenter because you are better than your audience
As a leader, you are used to facing one way in your organisation and everyone else facing the other. You are the boss, the big cheese.
It is the same in speaking whether it is an internal or external…
#97 Erms and ahs are poison in presenting
David recently read an interview with a former head of Toastmasters who was also a former speaking World Champion. In it, he said that erms and ahs SHOULD be in presentations and that getting rid of …
#96 Asking an audience a question is like herding cats
Audiences love to be part of your presentation and a great way to include them is by asking questions.
But managing an audience is also like herding cats. Asking them a question will lead to them pot…
#95 Exit Interview With A Client - Part III
This is the third episode in a three part special recorded after doing an exit interview with a client David worked with doing 6 sessions over 8 months.
In this episode, David explains what he learne…
#94 Exit Interview With A Client - Part II
We can never assume what a client is thinking and it is dangerous to do so. As always, the best course of action is to ask. David did just that with a client after coaching him for 6 sessions over 8 …
#93 Exit Interview With A Client - Part I
After doing 6 sessions over 8 months with a remote client, David did an exit interview with him. What the client shared has transformed the way that David will approach his leader speaker coaching in…
#92 Finally......back face to face with an audience
Well, it's been a while, as the saying goes!! Finally, David is back face to face with audiences and while it has been a fabulous experience on some level, it has also brought up some challenges.
In …
#91 You are deluded if you think remote presenting will disappear
We are all sick of back to back Zoom meetings all week long. We yearn for a bit of face to face time.
But the shockingly high efficiency that remote presentations and meetings have brought us means t…
#90 Stop hiding behind your team
David still finds it astonishing how many leaders pass up the chance to present and give it to others to do in their team. This is horrendous both in terms of how it looks and the massive missed oppo…
#89 Do NOT, under any circumstances, think of a pink elephant!
Leaders often make one fundamental mistake when presenting that lawyers don't - they will say what they DO want to happen as well as what they DON'T.
In this episode, David explains how to manage get…
#88 Why I stopped doing this podcast and why I started again
Life gets the better of us sometimes and I took a step back from a bunch of marketing and publishing stuff including this podcast.
In this episode, David explains in more detail why he took a break b…
#87 Training can be good but it is only coaching that will make you a presentation rockstar
Leaders are motivated to either learn by themselves or by going on training courses. This is admirable but deeply flawed.
In this episode, David explains why both DIY and training are false economies…
#86 Stop focussing on features and benefits in your presentations!
David sees leaders die on their arses when presenting because they rely way too much on data, statistics and graphs. These are the Features of their organisation. Their staff care way less than they …