Do you ask lots of questions when you present? Don’t simply tell, remember to ask instead. Why ask questions? Asking a question makes your audience ... Read the rest of this article »

Let me tell you about how, when presenting, I learned to avoid coming across as stiff or wooden. I was asked to deliver five minutes on my usual subject, not to a workshop class of 16, but to an after dinner audience of 80 people. Presenting to 80 people was out of my comfort zone. Rather than rehearsing my five minutes over and over to become confident I knew it, instead ... Read the rest of this article »