Power Points: Here's quick, but very useful tip… I always say don’t put text on a slide unless you’re going to give the audience time to read… Read more “A little word about powerpoint presentations”
Author: Samia Squires
Are they really interested in your speech?
Ever been there? You're giving a speech or presentation and happen to look around your audience, and what do you see? A sea of utterly blank faces.… Read more “Are they really interested in your speech?”
How to tell if your audience isn’t bored to death
There is an incredible amount of inertia associated with any audience. It can be extremely hard to make them laugh, sing or even offer you a smile… Read more “How to tell if your audience isn’t bored to death”
How to Engage Your Audience
Make Them ONEIn the beginning of your presentation or indeed any performance, the audience are all individuals with their own thoughts and feelings.“I don’t like the colour… Read more “How to Engage Your Audience”
Empathy is everything…
Not having it.I remember once seeing a performance of ‘Henry V’ . There was one particular actor whose presence would command your attention. His every word would… Read more “Empathy is everything…”
Get stage presence
Say you were sitting in an audience and I were to walk onto a stage what would you see? A petite, India woman with a winning smile.… Read more “Get stage presence”
How to criticize someone in an empowering way
>I just had an email from someone I had recently given some feedback to, regarding the design and content of her all-singing, all-dancing new website, that she… Read more “How to criticize someone in an empowering way”
Getting creative part III
>Continuing our theme on how to get those creative juices going!First… here’s a quick question: Have you ever found yourself feeling threatened by another person’s creativity? Be… Read more “Getting creative part III”
Getting creative part II
>Being creative – as I mentioned in my earlier blog – is every human’s being’s prerogative and (in my experience) anyone who thinks they are not creative… Read more “Getting creative part II”
How be creative.
>Why does being asked to ‘come up with a few creative ideas’ fill so many of us with such secret dread? Every human being is born with… Read more “How be creative.”
Creative Confidence with Samia 