by Trish Springsteen | May 15, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Women in Business
“And now I’d like to move onto the expected financial expenditure for the next three months. Balanced against the improved performance in sales, demonstrated state wide, and the percentage increase on returns on investment …..”Ah! Financial reports; don’t...
by Trish Springsteen | May 13, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
One of the prices paid by being a Communication Trainer is that I rarely listen to other people’s presentations without making a performance assessment with some suggestions for improvement. It may be good practice, but it means I can focus on the delivery and...
by Trish Springsteen | May 9, 2011 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
“I will do all I can to help you understand, and you must strain every nerve to follow what I am saying.” Plato – SymposiumIt is an unfortunate fact of public speaking that many people worry terribly about such things as being nervous; organising their...
by Trish Springsteen | May 6, 2011 | Communication, Public Speaking
If you went into any household store you would find a host of organisers…. kitchen organisers; special drawers to organise your cutlery; there are hoards of containers which only have two purposes in life, and that is to organise your cupboards and...
by Trish Springsteen | May 2, 2011 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking, Women in Business
Over 2,500 years ago, a well known public speaker rose to his feet in the Greek Forum and said “One who forms a judgment on any point but cannot explain it, might as well never have thought at all on the subject.” (Pericles quoted in ‘Elements of Rhetoric’...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 26, 2011 | Communication, Public Speaking
Along with computer literacy, professional presentation skills are becoming a new survival skill in the workplace. “ – Ethel M. Cook And as with any survival tactic, we look towards technology to provide us with the equipment. Luckily we...
