by John Quinn | Thu Feb 2016 | Audience Engagement, Presentation Training, Presentations, Public Speaking
Hey Bill, “I have an awesome opportunity that just came up. I want you to speak in front of the whole organisation about that new project you have been working on”. “Sure John, that sounds great!”:Bill replied. At that point Bills internal...
by John Quinn | Sun Jan 2016 | Audience Engagement, Presentation Training, Presentations, Public Speaking
What’s your goals for 2016 someone asked me as before I boarded the plane from Dublin back to Dubai. “More conscious communication” I replied. What is conscious communication? Well I have been asking people the same question and for me conscious communication is...
by John Quinn | Wed Nov 2015 | Audience Engagement, Presentations, Public Speaking
The standard lecture type is definitely been called into question. Adults learn more effectively through active learning therefore where is the place for the traditional lecture? How can we promote more active learning experiences? Lectures have long been employed as...
by John Quinn | Sun Nov 2015 | Presentation Training, Presentations, Public Speaking
We know your presentations don’t mean to be bad; they’re just designed that way. Follow these guidelines to improve your presentations and reduce the needless suffering of audiences and presenters world-wide. It’s quite simple: a PowerPoint®...
by John Quinn | Tue Oct 2015 | Presentation Training, Presentations, Techtip
Explore how to use the Remove Background feature in PowerPoint 2013 to make sections of content transparent. In Word 2010, PowerPoint 2010 and Excel 2010 you can remove a background from a picture to accent or highlight the subject of the picture or to remove...
by John Quinn | Tue Oct 2015 | Presentation Training, Presentations, Techtip
We’ve all seen that boring slide – blue background, yellow text, four bullets and a square picture on the right. Here’s our top 3 tips for stopping your slides looking like PowerPoint®. 1. Limit bullet points and text Your presentation is for the benefit of the...