Vandaag waren er 9 dames en 1 man in de workshop. Allemaal vrij jonge mensen. Bij de kennismaking bleek dat zowat alle dames schrik hadden om voor een publiek te spreken. Eén dame vertelde mij dat ze wel vaker zou kunnen spreken maar ze laat...
Yesterday I gave a workshop to 10 people and 1 of the participants had been in my training 2 years before. I had forgotten, I had not recognized him...
I am currently doing a workshop and this is a question of 2 of the participants. They did a presentation together and some things went wrong. Like the microphones...
I just read this article by Kyle Tanner and I absolutely want to share it with you as I agree with him 100%. I have seen too many speakers fail on stage because of lack of preparation. Please speakers on events, I love to guide...
This picture you see is my youngest son. The picture was taken last summer at the Pukkelpop festival. He was 8 years old then and it was his second festival because the year before I had taken him to Werchter. I truly believe he was...
Your presentation starts the moment you stand up! I did a training yesterday where the goal of an exercise was to 'connect' with the audience. The subject was not that important, it was all about connecting. So someone started doing his introduction though it was...
I know Katrien for years now from our studies at university Ghent where we both studied English. She recently did a TED talk and I was really amazed how well she did it because I know she is not an experienced speaker and she only...
I rarely remember names but I remember faces very well. And when this guy walked into the training room some 2 weeks ago I knew he had been in my training before. So I checked and I was right and the logical question for me...
How do you deal with stress the minute before you go on stage? Listen to the presentation tip that helps me again and again… [embed]https://youtu.be/4fx3DHPME-k[/embed]...
Not just athletes sweat when they need to perform, so do speakers. For an athlete this is quite normal, and actually it is for a speaker as well, though not that convenient. Speakers sweat even before the actual ‘performance’ because we feel a threat. And I...