Five things a speaker should NEVER do!
In my March newsletter I shared my top five things a speaker should never do. They are: Write out a speech in full and read from your notes Wing it Go over time Arrive late Put your whole presentation on PowerPoint and then read from the slides So there you have it –...
What are words worth?
I love words. One of my earliest memories was learning the word ‘soporific’ from Beatrix Potter The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. “It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is `soporific’” I remember the furore caused when our then Prime Minister Paul...
Don’t touch, tilt or tamper!
I was delivering my workshop Staple it to their heads – how to make your training stick in Canberra last month and we were discussing memorable messages. The guys from the police training department shared the ‘Don’t touch tilt or tamper’ motto from the bomb squad....
Make your message memorable
I was watching the fabulous Aussie film Kenny the other night and because I had seen it before I was waiting for the memorable line “There is a smell in here that will outlast religion”. Movies often become memorable and develop into cult status because of these...
The hardest speech of all
Last week I attended my Husband’s Godmother’s funeral. 20 years ago if I read that a 70-year-old woman had died of cancer I would have thought “Oh well… she had a good innings” Today 70 seems too young. Marlene was an attractive, vivacious, young at heart woman. She...
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.