How’s your charisma? A team of university researchers in Switzerland have come up with what amounts to a checklist for charisma.

They’ve identified 12 elements that could be at play in a charismatic performance. Nine of the qualities...

If your leadership skills have been tested by a tough 12 months, it’s time to ramp up your resilience. And you can, at a free, four-day virtual summit starting on Monday, April 19.

Organizer Ravi Tangri says the Ramp Up Your Resilience...

How are you managing your audience’s ‘expectation of engagement’ in virtual encounters? It’s a big deal for anyone who wants to be better-than-average in online presentations and speeches. It’s a question that global...

By Suzanne F. Stevens

Pre-pandemic, consumers demanded organizations take more responsibility to address social gaps. According to Nielsen Research, 40 to 55 percent of buyers in 60 countries, across generations, will pay more for a product or...

If you want to be a leader in the virtual space, you have to do more than simply turn up for a Zoom call and sit staring at the camera. According to one of the global leaders in online communication, many of us are simply not making the most of...

The power and effectiveness of story lies in its ability to forge connections - between people, and between people and ideas. Stories are a great way to communicate shared values and aspirations. And there’s science to prove the...

Twenty years ago I took a gamble. I setup my website - podiumcoaching.com - and started delivering in-person coaching sessions in presentation skills and media skills.

Then people wanted to learn at home. So I created my signature online video...

If you’ve been following this series of four related blogs, you’ll know we’ve talked about leaving the slides until the very last thing you create. Don’t rush to build your deck.

We also talked about reducing the...

Now, at last, finally… you get to create your slides. I’m sure some of you have been itching to get creative but, believe me, it’s worth delaying the slide building process until you’ve really focussed your ideas.

And...

In my previous blog I looked at the mounting evidence that the way many people use PowerPoint is doomed to failure.

Today I want to examine how you construct your slide show so it enhances your presentation and gets that precious buy-in from the...

“…when you throw up bullet points and then run through them, you're guaranteeing that whatever you say will be quickly forgotten. Not because you're bloody boring, but because people can't read and listen at the same time.”

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Helping young Black entrepreneurs cope after the killing of George Floyd; being a well-known community leader and still being pulled over by cops for ‘driving while black’; and being surprised by how some prominent business leaders...