by Paolo | 18 November 2015 | Blog, Public speaking
I am a big fan of using pictures for the visual aids of a presentation. They work almost every time, especially when those are high impact photos. There are some technical tips on how to resize and manage them and I even have a full lecture about it in my eLearning...
by Paolo | 2 November 2015 | Blog, Public speaking
Have you ever heard of Hara Hachi Bu? This Confucian principle was not originally meant for public speaking, although it serves it well. Roughly, it means eat until you are 80% full. Do not over eat, leave a bit of room. If you think about it, when you avoid cramming...
by Paolo | 21 September 2015 | Blog, Public speaking
Would you like to ask me a question on public speaking on a live show? Now you can do it in my first periscope. First question is …. What is periscope? A platform promoted by twitter for live broadcasting of videos. What will you use it for? To answer questions...
by Paolo | 15 September 2015 | Blog, marketing, sales
Some time ago Seth Godin wrote an interesting post about what people want. I always kept it in my hot list of “stuff to review and make sure I do something with it”. Recently it made his way in a refocussing project of a customer. In the process I worked with them to...
by Paolo | 7 September 2015 | Blog, Public speaking, sales
Elevator Pitch, you heard it before. Is it really important or a myth? Even if you use the stairs I believe it’s worth developing one. The idea behind it, is being able to explain people what you do, quickly, in an interesting way. This is something valuable and...
by Paolo | 26 August 2015 | Blog, Public speaking
An image is worth 1000 words, even in presentations. It’s not the first I talk about images for a presentation. Now, to use pictures the first thing you need is… pictures. A camera is a great starting point, no kidding. Many times I preferred to shoot them...
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