In this article, Jim Harvey identifies 3 new rules to help the less experienced presenter who wants to stand out, to build...
This is a magazine for professional speakers, and aspiring speakers, but let’s remember that for all of us, some of the most...
Most speakers want to look effortlessly in control when they speak: in control of their subject, their nerves and their technology. In...
Presenting better than the norm gives you a clear competitive advantage in your field If you present slightly better than the norm...
In the first post in this series we looked at how Albert Einstein believed that complex subjects – and it doesn’t get...
Albert Einstein once said, ‘If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.” While we have an entire...
This is Nancy Duarte’s magnum opus. It’s the best book she’s written and the one that every presenter, coach and slide design...
Jon Schwabish is a Government Economist turned presentation guru. He works for the Urban Institute – a non-profit organization, where he specialises...
As presenters, many of us have been caught off guard during the Q&A section after a presentation. In this article, Jim gives a detailed...
Jim Harvey is the founder of The Message Business, a company which helps FTSE 100 companies sell themselves, and their products better....
Status trumps everything when you’re speaking to a crowd? How can that be true? Does status trump the story? The preparation? The visuals?...
Why a Ladder of Abstraction? The purpose of a speech is to move people to action. You point an audience to a...