Focus – Presentation Power
Really good presenters feel confident in their own performance. They build rapport with their audience and communicate in an influential manner.
Traditional presentation courses tend to teach techniques specifically to improve presentation performance which work like a veneer, applied from the outside to create a good impression.
This course works from the inside out. We help you to develop your self-belief and identify your own Perfect Presenter Profile so that you present ins your ‘style’ rather than conform to be a ‘text book’ presenter.
Here’s a quote from a delegate:
"I've done many presentation courses in the past but Presentation Power is the only one I would recommend to everyone. The key, and invaluable, difference with this course is that you discover your own Personal Presenter Profile rather than having to adapt to a generic set of 'presentation rules'."
UK Sales Director
Open Courses coming up:
Presentation Power - Wed 11 and Thur 12 August, Green Park, Reading
www.presentation-training.com for details.
Winning Sales - Mon 19 and Tues 20 July, Deer Park Golf and Country Club, West Lothian
www.asktraining.co.uk for details.
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This issue is about unconsciously taking part in one of the most dangerous sports of all – taking your thinking too seriously.
Enjoyable reading.
Facilitator, Sales Coach and Personal Tuner
Dodgy Knees
One of my older sisters, Ali (the middle one of three) works as a gardener and she's brilliant at it - don't worry this isn't a pitch, she's snowed under. It's not surprising she's so busy because apart from being technically good at what she does and very knowledgeable she has a very strong work ethic.
Ali's also a keen tri-athlete and competed for Team GB in the over 50s at the World Championships in Vancouver last year. Unfortunately at the moment, problems with her knees have put paid to any sport (keyhole surgery scheduled for 1 July) and also means she's not been working at full strength in her gardens – something which really bugs her when she's so conscientious.
Recently a client's 18 year old son, Matt, was helping her out in the garden and she mentioned during their tea break her concern about not giving "value for money" to her clients given the state of her knees. It made her feel guilty taking their money, especially if she took a tea break or even if they wanted to stop for a chat with her.
Matt's response smacked her in the face (metaphorically, of course) when he said "is this just something you randomly made up? Most people would probably deliver half of what you do – even with your dodgy knees."
Ah, the wisdom and boldness of youth! Brilliantly done Matt, with one swing of the bat you stopped Ali from engaging in a very dangerous sport, taking our thoughts too seriously. Especially when the reality is that her customers think she is brilliant!
Apparently humans have around 50,000 random thoughts a day and to get to this number many of these are repeated over and over again. If I was to use the term 'brainwashing' it would probably conjure up all sorts of negative connotations (and possibly a few spy films) but this is exactly what we may be indulging in without realising it – brainwashing ourselves! Now I don't know about you but if I'm going to brainwash myself I'd rather do it in a productive way for me.
Trying to control our thoughts seems to be really hard so don't panic, I'm not going to take you down the route of positive thinking or affirmations (though they do seem to work for some people). The thing to realise is that you have a choice to take notice of them or not and that taking them seriously is just a habit people get into. Here's an idea to break the habit. Imagine your thoughts are like trains coming into a busy station. Trains are coming in and trains are going out all the time but you don't just jump on any train at random, you wait for the one that's going to your destination. Similarly, rather than try and stop your thoughts, you can allow your thoughts to come in and let them go out if they aren't the ones you want to take too seriously.
Credit for the station analogy goes to Shaun, an old school friend, who is now a yoga teacher and was helping another friend who wants to meditate.
If you'd like to do more try reading chapter 3, "Stop Making It Up" in Ali Campbell's book, Just Get On With It, described as "a caring compassionate kick up the ass", previously mentioned in issue 15 of Sphere.
...and now for something completely different (I'm definitely not on commission here)
Any butter-fingers out there who drop their iPhones (they don't bounce well) here's a company who do a great and fast repair service, www.ipod-surgery.co.uk. Phone dropped Friday, posted Saturday, repaired Monday, back in my hands Tuesday. A big thanks to Eric Woods for the recommendation.
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