Two person talks
This post is made in response to a speaker who asked me whether it was ‘cheating’ to do a talk with another person. As in, would the bravery only count…
2 FUN STRUCTURES FOR MAKING SHORT TALKS
One of the main areas where I see clients get bogged down when they are creating a new talk is in deciding how they want to structure it. What’s the…
3 Sticky Notes
As I write this it’s October 2020 and the speakers I’m working with are all delivering their talks online. There are upsides to this when it comes to accessibility and…
Signposting for speakers
What do I mean by signposting? Short verbal phrases that we can use as speakers to effectively signal direction and relevance in our talks. They help our audience’s brains make…
Fireside podcast: story and structure for speakers
Richard Rodger, from Voxgig, interviewed me on his podcast for speakers. We cover story, structure, iterative approaches to speaking and more! Listen on Apple podcasts