Powerful Presenting For Leaders

Quite rightly, you should focus heavily on the delivery part of your presentation, getting all your technical ducks in a row.

But to have maximum impact on an audience, there are two other elements to consider - before and after the talk.

In this episode, David shares a bunch of things every speaker can do before their presentation to maximise its impact and things they can do after the talk that increase take home value and implementation.

Quite rightly, you should focus heavily on the delivery part of your presentation, getting all your technical ducks in a row.

But to have maximum impact on an audience, there are two other elements to consider - before and after the talk.

In this episode, David shares a bunch of things every speaker can do before their presentation to maximise its impact and things they can do after the talk that increase take home value and implementation.

Andy Bounds, a brilliant sales trainer, talks about how you must sell the 'afters'. This is what will the client get AFTER they have bought the product or service you are selling.

Leaders need to do the same when they present. You need to think about what the audience will do AFTER you have spoken.

In this episode, David explains how leaders get this completely wrong 95% of the time, losing the impact they have on their audiences. He also explains how to put it right so your audiences will want to take action.

A venture capitalist was interviewed in a podcast. He said that he saw an entrepreneur with a chip on their shoulder as being a positive because when the brown stuff hits the fan, they are the ones who will knuckle down and fight through.

In this episode, David explains why it is the same with presenting. Being abrasive, even slightly aggressive, shows deep passion and that is what people buy into.

He also shares a fantastic example of how he 'made' a Managing Director be more abrasive, making a client feel slightly uncomfortable in the process and in so doing, land a £75m ($100m) contract that he was sure they had lost.

In a previous life, David had one of the most powerful memories in history as a multiple Guinness and world memory record breaker and US Memory Champion.

The #1 question he got asked was 'Have you a gift or is it a trained skill?'

In this episode, David gives his response and how this relates to improving your presentation skills.

Understanding the difference between natural speaking talent and trained improvement is essential to you achieving your potential.

Someone contacted David recently and asked how to choose a presentation skills coach.

This is something that David had never considered but realised one thing - the process is the same as when choosing a coach for ANY endeavour.

In this episode, David goes through the 6 key elements that every leader MUST consider when looking for a presentation skills coach for that next big presentation.

2022 is World Cup year in rugby league and as a huge Brucie bonus, it is being held in England.

Last week, David got invited to speak to the players and backroom staff at one of their camps just 12 weeks before it starts.

In this episode David explains how he made schoolboy errors by cocking up the briefing and how his confidence evaporated when he found out that the last speaker was the England football manager, Gareth Southgate.

But he also shares some amazing advice he got from a fellow speaker about how to overcome his impostor syndrome and occupy his speaking space.

2022 is World Cup year in rugby league and as a huge Brucie bonus, it is being held in England.

Last week, David got invited to speak to the players and backroom staff at one of their camps just 12 weeks before it starts.

In this episode David explains how he made schoolboy errors by cocking up the briefing and how his confidence evaporated when he found out that the last speaker was the England football manager, Gareth Southgate.

But he also shares some amazing advice he got from a fellow speaker about how to overcome his impostor syndrome and occupy his speaking space.

We all have medals and scars. Successes, failures, amazing highs, devastating lows.

But traditional speaking says to only share the war stories.

In this episode, David explains why this is horseshit and how we should learn from both medals and scars as they both have a great deal to teach us.

It is also the same when we present. Audiences love to hear how you overcame adversity but also want to hear about the mountains you have reached the top of.

We all have medals and scars. Successes, failures, amazing highs, devastating lows.

But traditional speaking says to only share the war stories.

In this episode, David explains why this is horseshit and how we should learn from both medals and scars as they both have a great deal to teach us.

It is also the same when we present. Audiences love to hear how you overcame adversity but also want to hear about the mountains you have reached the top of.