Philip Collins is a columnist on The Times and the chair of the Trustees at the think tank Demos. Until 2007 he...
In a previous post we shared an anecdote about Ernest Hemingway, and his shortest story ever, just 6 words long. We then...
We recently explored the neuroscience behind telling a story, and more specifically how it appeals to an emotional response from an audience....
PowerPoint has long been the most widely used app for making presentations. There have been few competitors that came close to acting...
Every speaker has had something go wrong with the equipment as they speak. The hard truth is that most technical problems are...
The human brain is wired for emotion, and we’ve spoken previously about how this can be used for effective pitches. Here, Doug...
We recently detailed the history of visual communications through the years, but where does the inspiration for visuals come from? In this article, Charmaine details how...
We recently spoke of the importance of story structure for presentations, and how storytellers are responsible for leading their audience through a story...
This article is co-authored by Peter Paskale. As a presenter, the ability to persuade is imperative, but as an audience member, so is...
Olivia Schofield is a Keynote speaker, executive coach and trainer. She is the founder of Spectacular Speaking and co-founder of Vocal Women...
Perhaps the most sought after advice about public speaking is overcoming the fear of it. In this article, Emma speaks of how...
In our ‘10 Pillars of Public Speaking‘ series, we talk about Aristotle’s pillars of rhetoric, outlining the importance of emotion in persuasion....