Modus operandi
You gotta be on the horse!
AND, TO PRESENT WELL, YOU GOTTA BE ON YOUR FEET.
Presenting is a psycho-motor activity. That’s defined as a relationship between cognitive function and physical movement. In other words, you know how to do something practical and then you actually do it – a physical expression of the knowledge.
You might know, for example, how to play Mozart’s piano concerto No 21, but, unless you sit down at the keyboard, spread your fingers out and actually play the piece, nothing will happen . . . certainly nothing worthwhile.
I’d hate to fly with a pilot who did all his training by just looking at videos. So, as for the horse and the piano and their needs, you have to climb into the cockpit and launch the aeroplane.
On my courses, every new subject has a practical exercise to go with it. You’ll be on your feet a lot.
There are rules!
INDEED . . . THERE ARE RULES.
When I was flying with the RAAF, I had to obey the laws, i.e. the rules, of aerodynamics. Break them and you ‘crash & burn’. It can really spoil your day.
Presentations have rules, too. While the consequences of breaking them may not be as dire as busting an aeroplane, they can – in their own way – be just as damaging . . . and frightening, too.
Here, for example, is a simple one: Never go over time. Audiences hate it! So . . . obey it! I will show you two different techniques that will help you ensure that you never go over time again. Such a relief!
My job – completely impartially – is to tell you about those rules, show them to you, tell you why they exist and encourage you to accept and abide by their demands.
Sometimes, they’ll challenge you. Some of the most sensible rules are broken every day by thousands of presenters world-wide. (I’ll tell you about the main one on the course. Use correct technique and you’ll be astonished by the results . . . and your audiences will be delighted.)
"There's Frank Sinatra . . . and there's all the rest."
SO SAID BOBBY DARIN.
When, in the 1930s and 40s, a concert promoter in America hired Frank Sinatra to do a show, he didn’t expect someone else to turn up, grab the microphone and, in the style of the man himself, do the performance.
He got Frank!
So, too, when you hire me to help you make high grade presentations . . . you get me. You don’t get a trainer.
Here are your advantages:
- I’m a professional speaker. In front of 20 people and 1,500 people, I’ve ‘been there, done that’. From the ‘presentational coalface’, then, I bring you the techniques that work . . . and advise you to ditch the ones that don’t.
- If I train all your people in your company, department or division, the coverage and standard of instruction is uniformly high grade.
- I’m lucky enough to have had a varied life at a good level. I bring useful stories from everywhere, and use them to educate, motivate and entertain the people on my courses and seminars. What’s the advantage to you? You get lively, interactive and thoroughly enjoyable courses that work.