John Zimmer

John Zimmer is an international speaker, trainer and lawyer. He has worked at a major Canadian law firm, the United Nations, the World Health Organization and is now a full-time speaker. A seven-time European Champion of speech contests, John writes an internationally recognized blog about public speaking, Manner of Speaking. He is also the co-creator of Rhetoric – The Public Speaking Game™.

Posts By John Zimmer

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Understand your Audience
Sawubona: ‘See’ Your Audience

According to the popular adage, “seeing is believing.” In other words, if you see something yourself, you will believe it to be...
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Build Real Impact
Using Humour in a Presentation – It’s No Laughing Matter

How do great speakers connect, engage and entertain their audiences? The French author Victor Hugo said, “Laughter is the sun that drives...
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Visuals
Rethinking Final Slides

All good things must come to an end, but how? As your presentation draws to a close, how should you wrap it...
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Visuals
Rethinking Title Slides

The title slide is prime presentation real estate. You can either choose to invest in it or miss a great opportunity to...
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Performance
Four Lessons from the Mountain for Every Public Speaker

A few weeks ago, my friend Timo Sorri came to Geneva for a visit. Timo is an expert in presentation design. You...
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Performance
How to “Prop Up” your Next Presentation

What is a prop? The word “prop” comes from the term “theatrical property”. If you watch a play, props are objects used...
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Build Real Impact
Spice Up Your Speeches with These 3 Rhetorical Devices

Many of the greatest speeches in history have influenced their audience on an almost subliminal level. John Zimmer has written about Rhetoric...
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Book Reviews
How to Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences

It has been said that there are no new stories; there are only new ways of telling the old stories. The same...
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Build Real Impact
The 10 Things Steve Jobs can Teach Every Public Speaker

Steve Jobs was one of the greatest and most influential businessmen of his generation. He took an idea from a humble garage and...
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Message
The 4 Most Important Steps When Preparing Your Speech

Preparation is the key to a good speech or presentation The best speeches and presentations – the ones that are delivered effortlessly; the...
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Big Five Questions
The Guru’s Big Five Questions – John Zimmer

This community is the Guru. We want to help our readers build their skills as presentation designers, speakers and coaches, learning from...
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Inspiration
The 4 Most Important Things to Remember When Using Quotations in Speech

I am a big fan of quotes From Mark Twain to Marcus Aurelius, from Bruce Lee to Eleanor Roosevelt, from Nelson Mandela...

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