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December 10, 2018 by Gerry Thompson

10 Top Tips for a Successful Presentation

TEN TOP TIPS FOR A CONFIDENT AND EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION

Graphic: Public speaking - learning from Standup Comedy

by Gerry Thompson

1 Preparation

Preparation is the absolute #1 golden rule. So….

  • Prepare your material
  • Practice your material and be very familiar with it
  • Prepare for your presentation setting

2 Access to your content [Read more…]

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Filed Under: presentation and public speaking Tagged With: confidence, confident, presentation, presenter, presenting, public speaking, speaker, speaking

June 1, 2018 by Gerry Thompson

Public speaking: learn from standup comedy

Gerry Thompson gives a talk illustrating three big ways you can learn from standup comedians in order to be better and more effective at public speaking and presenting – 9 minutes of highlights. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: learning from comedy, presentation and public speaking Tagged With: comedy, humor, humour, presentation, public speaker, public speaking, stand-up, standup

March 7, 2016 by Gerry Thompson 2 Comments

How to be the world’s worst networker

Many business people attend networking events to make new contacts and generate leads. Here’s a humorous starter list of behaviours guaranteed to get you nil results. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: amusing stuff, presentation and public speaking Tagged With: Brighton, coach, comedy, communication, humor, humour, London, networking, presentation, selling, trainer

January 6, 2014 by Gerry Thompson 1 Comment

Glosophobia: fear of public speaking

Glossophobia, or fear of public speaking, is the most common of all fears in the modern world. It’s a condition that effects as much as 75% of people – a recent survey shows that it’s more feared than death.  [Read more…]

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Filed Under: one to one coaching, presentation and public speaking Tagged With: anxiety, fear, glosophobia, nerves, presentation, public speaking, speaking

December 16, 2013 by Gerry Thompson Leave a Comment

Improv is the new role-play

Comedy improvisation for training:
the new and better role-play

– but it’s less scary/ rigid/ restrictive
– and it’s more creative/ individualistic/ fun

Comedy and improvisation together constitute an extremely valuable resource which we use often in our presentation and communication training. This is a dynamic and exciting new approach to training, based on innovative methods which are set to become widely used  and influential over the next ten years. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: learning from comedy, presentation and public speaking Tagged With: communication, improv. training, improvisation, role play

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