The Presentations Japan Series

Are we clear enough about our message? There are some common problems around getting the messaging right. We have no clear message and the audience don’t quite know what to make of the talk. Or we ha…

Before we tackle the purpose of our presentation we need to understand who is our audience. We covered this in Episode #260, so please go back and review that episode if you haven’t already heard it.…

Before we do anything, we need to ask just who is going to be in our audience?  If we don’t know that information, then we are thrashing around in the dark, trying to find the light switch. It may be…

They are usually a bunch of strangers attending out talk.  We may know one or two people in the audience, but generally we have no clue about most of them.  The feeling is likewise.  They may have pe…

We all stumble into public speaking in business.  We don’t start our first job with a grand plan for our future public speaking career.  We just work as hard as we can.  If we knew at the start how i…

Usually for most businesspeople we don’t really know what we are doing when it comes to presentations.  We grow up in business concentrating on our tasks and getting the work done.  As we rise throug…

The idea of having enthusiasm would seem to be pretty obvious for someone presenting.  In some cases, though we are just presenting information and getting massively enthusiastic about a bunch of not…

The news cycle is awash with Prime Minister Suga’s shock announcement that he will not continue as Japan’s leader.  His predecessor Shinzo Abe quit on health concerns and handed over the Covid crisis…

Have you heard of XiaoIce?  According to the media it is a “cutting edge artificial intelligence system designed to create emotional bonds with its six hundred and sixty million users worldwide”.  It…

When I am running half day or full day training sessions there is no rehearsal. There is a lot of participant interaction in our sessions, so you need to have the participants for that bit, if you we…

Many Japanese companies have expanded their operations outside of Japan to enlarge their business, as the population decline guarantees to keep shrinking the domestic market.  Many multi-national com…

I was confirmed into the Anglican Church when I was twelve years of age.  I remember it was the first time I ever wore a tie in my life. Prior to that, every week I had to ride my bicycle to the chur…

Whenever I hear that Jesper Koll, CEO of WisdomTree Investments Japan,

 is going to give a talk here in Tokyo, I want to attend.  I have heard him speak before and he is very good, so my anticipation…

We normally think of omnichannel in relation to the medium being used to contact buyers.  We can also use this idea when thinking about planning our talk.  We automatically revert to the brain when w…

Usually when we have an opportunity to make a presentation, we get busy thinking about what we will talk about.  The organisers may have set some rails by specifying the theme of the event or they ma…

The end is near.  The end of Covid that is, as we see vaccinations increase and get us all closer to herd immunity.  When will it end?  There probably will never be an exact end, but it will diminish…

246: How to be a Star in Business Interviews

Being interviewed by the media can be a high risk affair, depending on the publication, the journalist and the business zeitgeist of the moment.  These ty…

One consistent issue which often pops up within companies requesting our training is achieving persuasion power with colleagues, bosses and subordinates.  Being unable to convince others to follow yo…

Clients have some common problems with their Japanese leaders.  I know this because the same requests keep coming up.  This is across industries and companies and it is consistent.  Usually Japanese …

Once upon a time, we taught public speaking and presentation skills in a class room, with tons of people all seated together, right next to each other.  We moved to teaching everything LIVE On Line s…