Posted in Food for thought, Presenting, Technology on May 5th, 2012
Notice anything unusual about this photograph? (Apart from the crappy exposure control and lack of Insta-filtering). I’m talking about the blue curtain where normally there would be Powerpoint. Cory Doctorow was mightily impressive at Wednesday night’s Google Firestarters event. He was, as they say, great on his feet. And he was on his feet for [...]
Posted in Food for thought, Hindsight and experience, Presenting on Jan 21st, 2012
I have a lot of time for Danny Baker. He’s as good as listening as he is at broadcasting. And he’s interested in people’s stories. Each Saturday morning his show on Radio 5 Live has several running themes which act as open invitations to ordinary listeners to call in with extraordinary stories. This week (at [...]
Posted in Pitching, Presenting on Sep 12th, 2009
Fewer, bigger stepping stones. The secret of a good presentation. Each stone should be a big, significant, memorable point. And what carries the leap between each one is the personality, the enthusiasm, the storytelling ability, the belief, the intensity, the passion of the presenter. This way the audience has the chance both to remember what [...]