Along with standard coursework and excellent campus facilities, a university is also assessed by the strength of its alumni networks. It makes the campus worth studying and also brings a sense of brotherhood to the students. A good alumni network brings a lot of new business ideas from each student...

Every leader needs a secret weapon. One that motivates the people we lead, keeps our organisation on track and pushes us forward to new achievements. Have you ever considered that something as simple as storytelling could be your secret weapon? Stories are one of the most potent tool available to...

Event season can be a manic time of year. Your calendar is full and your team is stretched – you certainly don’t have time to be perfecting your presentation techniques. That’s why now is the perfect time to prepare. Presentations are central to many of your events. Whether it is...

Remember the last presentation you sat through.  Did it make an impression? Did it inspire you to act or did you find your mind wandering, thinking about what to prepare for dinner? Now, cast your mind back to the last presentation you gave. Did you have an engaged and motivated...

Presentations can be a minefield. Disengaged audiences, data-heavy slides, and rambling introductions can spell disaster. On the other hand, a powerful presentation is your most valuable business tool. When you create a memorable and actionable presentation, you have the potential to make real change. The key is translating your research...

Life can be tough for some people and at times unforeseen circumstances put you in a position that can make it difficult for you to keep going. We all need to work to be able to earn and support ourselves and our dependents but things can go south if you...

Research proves that many managers can spend 14 hours per week creating, delivering and attending presentations – many of which are vastly unproductive and amount to very little, if anything at all. For a small team of 15 people that equates to over 10,000 man-hours a year. And it doesn’t...

Presentations are the most powerful tool that leaders, CEOs and executives have to communicate business ideas, vision and value. Yet the majority of the time they are bland, boring and fail to make any kind of point. Important and urgent messages are hidden in badly designed slides, complex paragraphs of...

Every time I go to speak or train at a different company, I get the same response: ‘You make presentations sound so simple. I get it, but I don’t get how I get buy-in from everyone else?’ The goal of any presentation is to influence your audience to act.  Maybe...

Remember the last presentation you sat bored through, scrolling through your smartphone? Remember the last presentation your audience sat bored through, scrolling through their smartphone? Death by PowerPoint is a major cause for concern in the corporate world. But believe it or not, it isn’t the software that is killing...