Tag Archive: fear

How to “do” a short teaching session

One of the challenges of any talk is the wide experience of the audience. The same is true in writing this blog. I recently was privileged to be interviewed by @ccpractitioner for a blog post on presentation for beginners at http://www.criticalcarepractitioner.co.uk/…
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Presenting using the p cubed method: A lesson in educational liberation

Presenting using the P cubed method: A lesson in educational liberation http://t.co/3BHtYGkeMy via @wordpressdotcom— Ken Spearpoint (@K_G_Spearpoint) February 1, 2015 It is always lovely to hear praise and good feedback and I am especially grateful to Ken Spearpoint  @K_G_Spearpoint at The…
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Fake it

The previous post introduced some of the ideas I have around p3, the delivery of your presentation.As this blog is not a stepwise instruction manual I am going to deal with stuff just as it comes up and recently a…
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Your powerpoint is not an autocue

One of the reasons some speakers are unwilling to change their presentation style is that their supportive media (p2) is actually an autocue; they simply read from it. This fails on many levels.Speaking in public is nerve wracking and never…
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I’m not confident enough to give up bulletpoints

A recent discussion on twitter highlighted a problem. Most people recognise that bulletpoints limit their expression, stilt the conversation of a presentation but ultimately make them feel more comfortable in providing their script.Musing over this I can see no easy…
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Painting with words

She looked into my eyes, begging, imploring me. She had walked in obviously frightened. She was desperate. We both knew the only question she was wanted me to answer: it had all been building up to this, unspoken and yet explicit….
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