MythBusters…. I need to give a good presentation

The myth of the good presentation With presentations you only have two choices if you want to be memorable.  A train wreck were people remember the disaster; presentations so boring that people remember how boring you were instead of your intended message. Everyone I meet has a few of these stories. The other choice is a great presentation, the one that truly educates and inspires.  All other presentations are quickly forgotten, especially the “good” ones. I help you get beyond these myths, and get into the world of interesting, focused, memorable presentations. Workshops and one on one coaching. Contact me, I’m a mythbuster 🙂 Joe Pops

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Be creative to find your pot of gold

I just wrapped up a Win Your Presentation workshop with a leading brand. The audience was a very dynamic group of business professionals. Like any workshop facilitator I handed out my evaluation form at the end of the session. But when you run under the flag of “Refuse to be Boring” you can’t let the last interaction with the audience be a boring form. So, I took a risk.   My form does have the typical workshop evaluation questions, but I “closed” with something a little creative. I asked the audience to answer the final question in crayon. I asked a group of corporate business professionals to colour the answer… Read More

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When 10 x 1 = 1. How do you rate experience?

Many years ago I worked with Dr Archie Yeo. He was the program director for our radiography (x-ray technologist) training school. One of the things we did together was interview people for entry into our program. Dr Yeo was an interesting guy. A moustached, pipe smoking, radiologist/ philosopher. At the end of one of our interview days, we chatted about what different interview criteria meant. He talked about his theory on experience. For example, he said if a person has 10 years of experience, do they have 10 years of experience or 10 x 1 year of experience? He said that some people didn’t seem to learn anything new after… Read More

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