Intermittently during my sales presentation and speech communication work, I’ll ask a group this question. “Imagine this workshop is a sailing ship. Think about your participation in the workshop to this time. Have you been the ‘Wind’ metaphorically, blowing this workshop/sailing ship forward?Continue reading
Anna Bligh and Campbell Newman’s body language rated
Watching Anna Bligh and Campbell Newman over the last few weeks, the phrases that come to mind are, for Bligh: ‘steady as she goes’. For Newman: ‘slick and quick’.Continue reading
Why being serious doesn’t mean being intelligent
Recently in a cafe just off the lobby of a Sydney office tower, I was having a coffee before a sales presentation workshop. I noted how serious all the senior executive corporate types looked as they bought their flat whites and machiattos. It seemed liked they had the weight of the world on their shoulders.Continue reading
Here’s an idea that is a critical first step in your voice development
In 2008 I produced a CD with Bob Carr entitled Choice Voice. Lessons from great speaking voices. Edition One: Bob Carr. Many things could be said about Carr’s personal communication (I’ll have more to say in the next weeks/months now that he is Australia’s foreign minister).Continue reading