The Presentations Japan Series

How To Give A Motivational Speech

I was attending a Convention in Phuket and the finale was the closing inspirational speech for the week of events.  I had to deliver the same speech myself at the Ho…

How To Personalise Your Presentation

Are we talking at our audiences or with our audiences?  There is a vast difference between the two.  Most of the time, the talks we attend are in the talking at…

Should I Go Over The Top When I Present?

In our High Impact Presentations Course we have exercises where we ask the participants to really let go of all their inhibitions and let it all hang out – …

What Is The Best Way To Introduce Yourself  When Presenting?

Usually when we are speaking we are introduced twice.  Once at the very start by the MC and then during our segment of the talk.  The MC…

How To Control Your Reactions During Q&A

Creating and delivering the presentation sees you in 100% total control.  You have designed it, you have been given the floor to talk about it, all is good.…

How Many People Should Present?

Often, we are presenting as a team and more than one speaker may be involved.  Is that ideal or are we better off to have only one speaker?  Usually we are talking f…

Okay, So How Should I End My Speech, Make It My Triumph?

This is a tricky part of designing and delivering our presentations.  Think back to the last few presentations you have attended and can you…

When Should You Take Questions During Your Talk?

Having an audience interested enough in your topic to ask questions is a heartening occurrence.  Japan can be a bit tricky though because people are…

Unleash The Power Of Your Theories And Data When Presenting

It has been a while since I attended a business school presentation.  From time to time the prominent foreign business schools fly in one…

How To Persuade When You Are the One Presenting

Being persuasive is not down to luck or accident, it is the result of good planning and execution. This is the problem.  The vast majority of spe…

Your War Stories In Your Presentation Are Boring

Gaining credibility as a speaker is obviously important.  We often do this by telling our own experiences. However, having too much focus on us and …

Successful Presentations Need Good Structure

It is a bad sign when a presentation makes me sleepy, especially if it is at lunch time.  It is very common to have speakers address a topic over a lunc…

Tech Presenters Please Stop Making Stupid Errors

I am sitting there with a crowd of people attending a presentation on blockchain technology.  Some are very technical people active in the crypto cu…

How To Be An Inspiring Presenter 

At the start of our class on High Impact Presentations, we ask the participants to think about what type of impression they would like to have linger with their au…

I Hate Sitting Through Underperforming Presentations

This global company is a household name in Japan.  They have spent a fortune getting the brand name known here.  They had some tough times early…

How To More Concise, Clear and Persuasive When Presenting

We run training on presentations and public speaking continuously. These three requests to be more concise, clear and persuasive, often com…

Man, Your Monotone Is Killing Me

Normally we expect Japanese speakers to be boring, because their language is a monotone and so they apply the same formula when speaking in either Japanese or Engli…

Visual Elements In Presentations

There is no question visuals are super powerful in presentations.  This can range from your eye contact, body language, gestures all the way up to actual live firew…

The Power Of Conversational Style When Presenting

We often see presenters elevated up on stage or positioned at the front of the room, flanked by or under a screen, and protected from the audience …