The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is...
In the introduction you ideally answer the question: ‘why is it important for the audience to listen to that presentation’. In other words ‘what’s in it for the audience ?’… Apart from the opening I advise everyone to think clearly about their last sentence. This...
Working as a newsanchor for television for 7 years and especially coaching young people to become a newsanchor learned me a lot about body language. The more I coached these people how to sit in front of the camera the less natural it looked. It...
You have to deserve the attention of your audience…this is what a participant told me last Friday during a training. It was his conclusion on the tips and tricks I had just given. And in fact he’s right. Getting the attention of the audience is...
When I ask people what they appreciate in a presentation they tell me most often ‘not too much text on a slide' or ‘an enthusiastic speaker’ and always they tell me ‘humor’. Now humor in a presentation is of course something completely different than telling...