by Paolo | 20 January 2018 | Blog, Public speaking
How you format a number (when you present data, but not only) has a great impact on how it is perceived and evaluated even by professionals. A very interesting experiment is reported in the great book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman at page 330....
by Paolo | 3 December 2017 | Blog, Public speaking
Few days ago I was attending a major conference, over a thousand delegates at MiCo in Milan. I took notice of my behaviour, and the one of people around me, it triggered a thought on the use of voice in public speaking and the lullaby effect. Using the tail Matter of...
by Paolo | 23 October 2017 | Blog, Public speaking
How TED presentations impact public speaking? Today many of us are exposed to TED presentations, would it be occasionally or frequently as it is with me. If you don’t know exactly what I am talking about I strongly encourage you to go and visit the TED web site...
by Paolo | 5 September 2017 | Blog, marketing, Public speaking
In my last newsletter I spoke once more about storytelling. After that some conversations started and one of them was “but that’s a marketing thing”, whatever that means. In other words, storytelling is good for marketers, for selling something and...
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...
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