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How To Present Like Steve Jobs | The Apple Way of Presenting

How To Present Like Steve Jobs | The Apple Way of Presenting

Team presentations can change the fortunes of a business. Fifteen years ago now, on January 7, 2007, an audience of tech journalists, influencers and industry luminaries wait in hushed silence as the lights fell in San Francisco’s Moscone Center. For months, rumours had swirled of a new tech product that would revolutionise the industry. Into […]

How to handle questions during a presentation

How to handle questions during a presentation

You’ve prepared your presentation, practised it a dozen times and you’re ready to go. But what’s the one thing that might throw you off course, undermine your confidence and your credibility? An awkward question. One that comes at an inopportune time, or one that’s difficult, or one with a complicated answer, or one you can’t […]

How to Effectively Calm Your Nerves Before & During a Presentation

How to Effectively Calm Your Nerves Before & During a Presentation

Here are some simple and practical tips, not only on how to calm nerves before a presentation but also during a presentation, shared by our Managing Director, Belinda Huckle. Surveys have shown time and again that the fear of public speaking (scientifically known as glossophobia) is the number one phobia among adults. So, if you […]

How to Pitch a New Idea at a Business Meeting

How to Pitch a New Idea at a Business Meeting

It could be a new project, service, a form of funding or even the idea that closing at 3pm on a Friday would benefit the company as well as employees. Pitching a new idea at a business meeting is all about being clear, credible and compelling.

10 Dos and Don’ts when Presenting via Webinar

10 Dos and Don’ts when Presenting via Webinar

Webinars can be great for brand building & generating leads. A whitepaper published by Xant found that 73% of sales and marketing professionals identify webinars as one of the most effective ways to generate quality leads. Webinars can also be extremely useful for product or service demos. They can also be terrific for educational programmes for […]

25 Persuasive Power Words to Use in Your Next Sales Pitch

25 Persuasive Power Words to Use in Your Next Sales Pitch

It’s no secret that words are powerful – and nowhere is this more evident than in the world of sales and marketing, where power words rule. It takes more than an in-depth knowledge of your topic to deliver an engaging and compelling sales pitch. Your level of competency and expertise is often judged by the […]

Learn how to present like a Video Conferencing Pro

Learn how to present like a Video Conferencing Pro

There is no doubt that Covid-19 has massively accelerated the use of virtual meetings, online presentations, video-conferencing and webinars. And to be honest this is not a bad thing. It’s kinder for people (reduces travel time) and kinder for the planet (reduces travel pollution). So with many of us now working from home, there’s never […]

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