by Anna | May 5, 2022
You can prepare and rehearse your presentation as much as you like, but I know people still get a bit scared of that bit at the end when you’re expected to take questions from the floor. It’s worth exploring why you feel like that. Often, it’s because we can’t...
by Anna | Apr 21, 2022
If you do an internet search of “modes of communication” or something similar, you’ll see lots of information about different presentation styles. You might identify yourself as a “passive-aggressive” communicator; or maybe your style is ”ideas oriented”; perhaps...
by Anna | Mar 31, 2022
Although we’re going back to the office, a lot of our communication will still be done via video conferencing. So, knowing how to make a good impression in the online world is as important as for face-to-face meetings. We’re all so used to video calls that we may be...
by Anna | Mar 29, 2022
Research shows that we form an opinion on someone within 7 seconds of meeting them. This quick judgement is what we’re programmed to do – it doesn’t make us bad people, we just inherently need to decide quickly whether someone is friend or threat. Whatever that first...
by Anna | Mar 25, 2022
PowerPoint is a funny old thing. We seem to love it and hate it in equal measure. Our heart sinks when the presenter opens their first slide, and yet, the first thing we do when we have to start writing our own presentation…yep, we go straight to PowerPoint. But the...
by Anna | Mar 14, 2022
Since publishing my recent blog, “But what do I do with my hands”, I’ve been asked for advice about eye contact. A lot of us struggle with this in day to day communication, let alone when standing up and talking to people in a professional capacity. But eye contact is...
