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The one thing you need to be a better speaker

The one thing you need to be a better speaker

by Sharon Ferrier | Dec 4, 2019 | Presentation skills, Speak up & Persuade, Speaking

Last week I delivered Stand Up, Speak Up & Persuade for a new client and I sent out a questionnaire before the workshop asking them what their top three needs were.   Any guesses as the number one need? Yep – confidence. You can see in the word cloud I...
Understanding your audience

Understanding your audience

by Sharon Ferrier | Oct 24, 2019 | Presentation skills, Speak up & Persuade, Speaking, Speech Writing

Good presentations do not happen in isolation – if it’s all about you and your message, you are missing 50% of the equation.Persuasion means to win others over, not defeat them. In order to do this you need to uncover the audience’s wants and needs.Get curiousQuestion...
How design thinking can make you a better speaker

How design thinking can make you a better speaker

by Sharon Ferrier | Aug 23, 2019 | Confidence,Persuasion,Speaking, Presentation skills, Speak up & Persuade

Design thinking is a framework for innovation. It focuses on the end user and encourages you to empathise and look at problems with fresh eyes. It makes you challenge your assumptions, unleash your creativity and expand your ideas.  The Hasso-Plattner Institute of...
Presenting Your Research

Presenting Your Research

by Sharon Ferrier | Jul 24, 2019 | Presentation skills, Speak up & Persuade, Speaking, Speech Writing

I was asked the other day what I like most about my job. My answer came easily. What I most enjoy about my job is helping smart people explain what it is they do.  I’ve been doing a bit of this lately having facilitated a number workshops for researchers and academics...
Death by PowerPoint 10 Years On

Death by PowerPoint 10 Years On

by Sharon Ferrier | Jun 20, 2019 | Powerpoint, Presentation skills, Speak up & Persuade, Speech Writing

Ten years ago I delivered ‘Escaping PowerPoint Purgatory’ at the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) conference. I spoke about the research from Prof John Sweller¹ and how putting text up on the screen encourages us to multitask and this, in turn,...
I Was Wrong

I Was Wrong

by Sharon Ferrier | May 23, 2019 | Confidence,Persuasion,Speaking, Speak up & Persuade

When I talk to people about their public speaking fears, one of the most common is: “What if what I say is wrong?”Last year I gave a presentation to PhD students at the University of Adelaide and I realised that what I was saying was incorrect, and had...
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Sharon Ferrier, through her business ‘Persuasive Presentations’ consults to organisations and individuals who have a need to improve their communication, presentation skills and confidence in public speaking.

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