St Patricks Day Dublin
Images taken at the St Patrick’s Day Parade
Promotional Images for Cogito Toastmasters
A series of flyers designed for Cogito Toastmasters as part of a promotional campaign to attract new members to the club.
Promotional Flyers for Cogito Toastmasters
A series of flyers designed for Cogito Toastmasters as part of a promotional campaign to attract new members to the club.
Looking Good In Q&A Sessions
For some speakers Q&A sessions are like Russian Roulette, you never know when that deadly question is going to destroy your credibility so it’s important to have a strategy to use in the Q&A session. By following these 9 tips you will excel in any Q & A session: 1. Listen. Listen carefully to the question […]
Speaking to a Non-Technical Audience: The Mammy Test
Sometimes after years of working with technology or business terms, certain ideas and concepts seem so obvious that we forget that not everyone understands them. We need to be careful when we use jargon and technical terminology. A non-technical audience is anyone who doesn’t have the same deep-level knowledge about your area of expertise as […]
Engage Your Audience With Stories
The most effective way to connect with your audience, to teach them and to help them remember your message is through storytelling. Stories are effective because they: Help Us Learn –Think about how we learn history, how much of it is stories? We are hard-wired to look for lessons in stories. Are Memorable –it’s […]
Designing Great Presentation Slides
Great slides add value and power to your presentation but what’s the best way to design great slides? What I’ve found is both the most effective and the most fun is a simple step by step process: Write your speech. Your slides must reflect and add to what you’re saying so until you have a […]
Make Your Audience Glow
A few years ago I was on holiday in New Zealand and I got the opportunity to go on a midnight kayak trip. I loved the stillness in the air and the quiet of the night but the best part was that with every stroke that we made the water around us glowed to with […]
The Dangers of Great Images in Slides
When I talk about slide design, the number one lesson that I tell people is to throw out the text-heavy slides and to use images instead. And more and more presenters are embracing this change to produce amazing slide decks. But what happens if the images are so good that no-one listens to the speaker? […]
10 Ways to be a Great Conference Speaker
You’ve been invited to speak at a conference. How can you make sure that your audience gets the most out of our presentation? Make it Relevant. Think about what your prospective audience want to hear, make it interesting for them, if they are not familiar with your subject then explain it in a language that […]