by Paolo | 19 May 2017 | Blog, Public speaking
A classic: I am introduced to new people “Nice to meet you I’am….”, smiles, handshakes. raise my gaze and I think: “What’s his name? Ouch, every time!”. I feel beyond hope, but I am not the only one. It is fairly common to...
by Paolo | 1 May 2017 | Blog, Public speaking
36 to 90 hours to prepare a 60 minutes presentation with about 30 slides. It is not a rule, but an advice from Nancy Duarte in her book slide:ology. If you don’t know her, Nancy is a communication expert, known for supporting great speakers. One of her most...
by Paolo | 24 March 2017 | Blog, Public speaking
I am reading The Talent Code right now, an interesting book by Daniel Coyle on… well on talent of course! What is the main idea of the book? That talent is something we are not born with (or without) and it can be grown. The scientific point is that it is based...
by Paolo | 19 January 2017 | Blog, Public speaking
Are laser pointers a good visual aid tool to support and enhance your presentation? That’s a fairly common question I receive in my Successful Presentation course, when we start talking about using visual aids (mainly slides). These pointers are normally...
by Paolo | 3 November 2016 | Blog
In my life I sat through some hundreds of job interviews. Most of the times as an interviewer in different companies: IBM, Anixter and Galactica. In some cases I was on the other chair. What do most of them have in common? Quite useless in pinning down if I liked the...
by Paolo | 13 September 2016 | Blog, Public speaking
The average modern worker, especially if in the ICT sector, is subject to an almost inevitable illness. It doesn’t spread by infection, it just needs two common tools (pictured above).
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