It's your lucky day! Episode eighty of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Joining us today is Irish author, speaker trainer and stand-up comic, David Nihill. His philosophy around hacking public speaking, combined with his leverage of using Stand-Up techniques means he has a grounded, sensible but effective approach to what works in presentations.

The interview starts with a bit of fun, but soon settles into a conversation with loads of stories and a huge amount of great advice. David wouldn't let us move on until he'd made sure he shared all the tips and techniques he had prepared to talk about. Can't argue with that dedication to service!

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About Our Guest

David Nihill is the author of the best-selling book Do You Talk Funny? and the Founder of FunnyBizz Conference. His work has been featured in Inc., Lifehacker, The Huffington Post, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, Forbes, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The Irish Independent, Newstalk, TED and The Irish Times.

"One of the best speaking coaches out there" according to Forbes.com, David's Hacking Public Speaking program has had over 34,000 students. His book was listed by Book Authority as the #1 public speaking book of all time and his speechwriting company is used by some of the world's leading CEO's.

A sought after international business speaker, David also performs stand-up. He has over 40M views on his comedy videos. As a lecturer he has taught at Stanford Graduate Business School, UC Berkeley, University of Oxford and University College Dublin.

A graduate of the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School he calls San Francisco home, and was named on the Irish America 100 List, which recognizes the accomplishments Irish-American and Irish-born leaders.

What You'll Learn

• How a simple online course launched David's speaker coach career

• The vast difference between the importance of content compared to delivery

• Exactly how to use joke structure and comedy patterns in business presentations

• Three techniques to make even the most boring and dry content come alive

• Why you might use slides to boost the entertainment value of your presentation

• What the difference is between 'speaking slower' and 'pausing', and why one is more effective

• The benefits of memorising your talk the right way

Mentioned In The Show

• David Nihill's website: https://davidnihill.com/

• David's course: hackingpublicspeaking.com

Continue the Conversation:

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Time to sit down and listen in to episode seventy-nine of The Presentation Boss Podcast. In this breakdown, we tackle something a little bit different. This talk was suggested to us by a listener and we've hesitated to have this detailed look at it for months. It is an acted marketing piece for a UK organisation which made Thomas feel inauthentic about it, but as Kate rightly mentions, the scripting and performance is still full of great lessons.

It should be said, Kate and Thomas do get into some detailed discussion around the legitimacy of this talk, but do also address the merits of it's information delivery, persuasive content and still some techniques they'd otherwise avoid.

Remember to write to us and let us know what you think of this talk! But do have a listen and learn a little more from this persuasive talk and our thoughts on it!

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What You'll Learn

• The difference in expectation around an actor delivering a presentation

• How to make your structure super clear by roadmapping the entire talk

• What adding humour can achieve, even if in super small doses

• The importance of simple visuals, and juxtaposed imagery

• Why you should make your audience feel emotion, rather than demand emotion

• The power of dissonance to create discomfort, leading to the audience listening even more closely

• A stand-up comedy technique you can use in persuasion to build tension

• Exactly how to use signposting to keep your key points clearly delineated

• The benefits, and the dangers of using repetition in a presentation

Watch It Yourself:

• CiWF | The Secrets of Food Marketing

Resources and Links

• Email us: [email protected]

• The Presentation Boss Podcast: https://presentationboss.com.au/podcast/

• Show your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/presentationboss

• Join our online community: Presentation Bosses Facebook Group

• Kate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-norris/

• Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-krafft/

• Presentation Boss on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/presentationboss/

Episode seventy-eight of The Presentation Boss Podcast and in this short time together, Kate and Thomas tackle that problem of where do you even start when you need to prepare for a presentation. Whether you have a head full of ideas and content all swimming around untamed and need to implement the Brain Dump method. Or, you have a topic but just have a mighty mental blank and need to understand the Brain Build method.

What You'll Learn:

• How to identify which method is best going to suit the situation you're in

• What you need to get started in your preparation

• Exactly how to know which method you'll use

• The questions you need to ask yourself

• A detailed explanation of the Brain Dump method and how to work through it

• A detailed explanation of the Brain Build method and how to work through it

• What comes next, after you have your thoughts tamed, a message refined and your structure outlined.

The Promised Links:

• Join the community in our new facebook group: Presentation Bosses

• Show your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/presentationboss

Resources and Links

• Email us: [email protected]

• The Presentation Boss Podcast: https://presentationboss.com.au/podcast/

• Show your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/presentationboss

• Join our online community: Presentation Bosses Facebook Group

• Kate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-norris/

• Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-krafft/

• Presentation Boss on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/presentationboss/

Strap in for episode seventy-seven of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Over the past few months, Thomas has had some conversations with Todd Cherches about all things presentations. Given he has just released a book about visual communication, you can imagine those conversations were quite animated and aligned.

As is often the case with all professional communicators, the same advice and tips are shared. But Todd manages to drop out phrases that sound exactly like Kate and Thomas, but with a different accent. In this episode we discuss how you can become more visual in your presentations (even without slides), why it's so important to do so plus a raft of book recommendations.

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About Our Guest

Todd Cherches is the CEO and co-founder of BigBlueGumball, a New York City-based consulting firm specializing in leadership development, public speaking, and executive coaching. He is also a three-time award-winning Adjunct Professor of leadership at NYU, and a Lecturer on leadership at Columbia University. Todd is also a TEDx speaker, and the author of "VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life" published in May 2020.

What You'll Learn

• What the connection is between communication and leadership

• Why it is so important to use visual language when communicating

• How slide design can help, and how bad slide design tortures your audience

• The experience of applying for, and presenting a TEDx Talk

• About a hundred book recommendations!

Mentioned In The Show

• Todd Cherches' Website: toddcherches.com

• Nancy Duarte - 'Slideology'

• Garr Reynolds - 'Presentation Zen' and 'The Naked Presenter'

• Chris Anderson - 'TED Talks'

• Carmine Gallo - 'Talk Like TED'

Resources and Links

• Email us: [email protected]

• The Presentation Boss Podcast: https://presentationboss.com.au/podcast/

• Show your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/presentationboss

• Join our online community: Presentation Bosses Facebook Group

• Kate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-norris/

• Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-krafft/

• Presentation Boss on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/presentationboss/

This should be memorable; episode seventy-six of The Presentation Boss Podcast. In January Thomas had the pleasure of coaching Anthony Metivier here in Brisbane for a TEDx Talk to be delivered in Melbourne. It was a fun process (that might be outlined in a future discussion episode) that resulted in the talk that Kate and Thomas are going to break down on the show here.

Before we do, Thomas recorded a conversation with Anthony about the process of getting ready for, and finally delivering an actual TEDx Talk. Maybe it's on your bucket list too? He is known colloquially as 'the memory guy' and in this talk, walks us through the process he used to save his mental health and keep it in control to this day. It's a bit less hard-data-and-science- than our usual, but the skills, competence and techniques are still on display. So, listen in for this interview and breakdown!

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What You'll Learn

• Exactly what it's like to be coached by Thomas for a TEDx Talk

• The process to refine and distill many thoughts and concepts into a single presentation

• How to internalise a speech by getting physical

• What it feels like to open a presentation with a question

• When pauses can create great contrast and comprehension in communication

• Where a single visual could be helpful to aid recognition of a concept

• The importance of the process to put together an effective talk, regardless of content

• Being mindful of clothing to stand out from the speaking area's background

Mentioned In The Show

• Dr. Anthony Metivier | "Two Easily Remembered Questions That Silence Negative Thoughts"

Resources and Links

• Email us: [email protected]

• The Presentation Boss Podcast: https://presentationboss.com.au/podcast/

• Show your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/presentationboss

• Join our online community: Presentation Bosses Facebook Group

• Kate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-norris/

• Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-krafft/

• Presentation Boss on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/presentationboss/

It's numbers and narrative on episode seventy-five of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Numbers don't make sense outside of the context of the story they tell. And while we may have access to the best, newest and fanciest graphing software on the planet, the best graphs still need to be presented properly. Even the best graphs unfortunately don't speak for themselves.

And Data Storytelling is a bit of a confusing term, we know. However, Kate is a data analyst (and has worked as one for many, many years) so understand exactly how we can use a three-stage structure to bring our data to life; to encourage emotional investment, to control what our audience is looking at, and what they understand. Add in Thomas' expert advice about how to leverage some PowerPoint hacks to make that happen and today you're listening to the ultimate guide on bringing your data presentation to life!

No more presenting your data without recommendation or without conveying the context that you deeply understand. Let's get clear on the story your data tells, let's get it smoothly visualised and take your next presentation from adequate to awesome!

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The Promised Links:

• Join the community in our new facebook group: Presentation Bosses

• Show your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/presentationboss

Resources and Links

• Email us: [email protected]

• The Presentation Boss Podcast: https://presentationboss.com.au/podcast/

• Show your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/presentationboss

• Join our online community: Presentation Bosses Facebook Group

• Kate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-norris/

• Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-krafft/

• Presentation Boss on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/presentationboss/

Take a swig of maple syrup for episode seventy-four of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Today we have the world-famous Canadian speaker, Scott Stratten. He's famous for his man-bun, talks on marketing and 'the millennial rant'. Anyone who listens to enough content in the world of presentations ought not to be a stranger to this guy's work.

Kate and Thomas always carefully plan out questions for each guest, and the same happened here. But when we jumped on the call, Scott began outlining how he has recently shifted some of his thinking about his own style and techniques and the conversation flowed away from the prepared questions.

Turns out when you mix a Canadian and two Australians, good things can happen and conversation flows super easily. And this recording not only went longer than usual and had plenty of laughs mixed in with the gold, but it was deep, raw and vulnerable. And dang can Scott tell a brilliant story!

About Our Guest

Scott Stratten is the President of UnMarketing. He has written five best-selling business books and was formerly a music industry marketer, National Sales Training Manager, and a College Professor.

He ran one of the most successful viral video agencies in the world for nearly a decade before solely focusing on speaking at events for companies like Walmart, Pepsi, Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Cirque du Soleil and Saks Fifth Avenue when they need help navigating their way through the landscape of business disruption.

Also, he is going to yell a lot. Enjoy.

What You'll Learn

• How talent and practice work together, and what combination you need

• The role of humour and audience engagement in a presentation

• Some of the big differences speaking online compared to in-person

• Inside the creation and psychology of Scott's signature story - the millennial rant

• How to ask for, and even give, feedback

Mentioned In The Show

• Scott's website and UnNewsletter Sign-Up: unmarketing.com

• Book recommendation: Scott Berkun 'Confessions of a Public Speaker'

Resources and Links

• Email us: [email protected]

• The Presentation Boss Podcast: https://presentationboss.com.au/podcast/

• Kate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-norris/

• Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-krafft/

• Presentation Boss on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/presentationboss/

• Presentation Boss on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/presentation-boss

• Show your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/presentationboss

It's a big moment for episode seventy-three of The Presentation Boss Podcast. When Kate and Thomas first planned out the speech breakdown format, this was the first talk Thomas added to the list. Sir Ken Robinson's famous TED Talk was only the sixth ever uploaded to the TED website and has since become the single most-watched TED Talk of all time. And, in so many ways it is brilliant and worthy of being so dang popular.

Sadly, Sir Ken Robinson passed away in August 2020. And while Presentation Boss hesitated to tackle such a massive speech, to honour his passing, in this episode we break down this iconic talk. It is a masterclass in storytelling and humour to deliver a heavily-relatable message. Oddly, in a few ways, this speech is an example of how breaking the usual rules in the right way can have such a massive impact. And while it is a snapshot of a time before the smartphone and the popularity of TED Talks, join us to celebrate this fantastic example of what speaking can be!

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What You'll Learn

• Why is can be powerful to acknowledge previous speakers from a conference

• The use of thinking noises such as 'um'

• How careful crafting of stories keeps them fast and easy to understand

• A tactic for laughing at your own jokes and how it gives permission to your audience

• Using humour, so the audience is listening intently when a key message is delivered

• Benefits of standing in a single place and delivering outstanding content over showmanship

• Exactly why this is the most watched TED Talk of all time (hint: because it's relatable)

Mentioned In The Show

• Sir Ken Robinson | "Do schools kill creativity"

Resources and Links

• Email us: [email protected]

• The Presentation Boss Podcast: https://presentationboss.com.au/podcast/

• Kate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-norris/

• Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-krafft/

• Presentation Boss on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/presentationboss/

• Presentation Boss on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/presentation-boss

• Show your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/presentationboss

Grab a notepad for episode seventy-two of The Presentation Boss Podcast! To follow on from our last discussion episode, where we discussed the software options for slide design and presentation, this week Kate and Thomas talk about the non-electronic and physical alternatives to slides. We know there is a lot of tiredness around slide use (especially poor slide use) so here we cover the five best non-slide visuals available to you!

Kate and Thomas discuss these five options, their perks, their drawbacks and of course, which they each recommend! Most of these should be available to you without too much drama, but we make sure we share what we know in case there's options or ways of using them that you didn't know about before!

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The Options We Discuss:

• Whiteboards; flexible and simple

• Flipcharts; can be prepared or spontaneous

• Handouts; require preparation, but handy for the audience

• Props; physical and tactile

• Nothing at all; the simplest option!

Some TED Talks That Use Props Well:

• Cardboard boxes: Hans Rosling | Religions and babies

• Paper towels: Joe Smith | How to use a paper towel

• Mosquitos: Bill Gates | Mosquitos, malaria and education

• A drone: Markus Fischer | A robot that flies like a bird

• A human brain: Jill Bolte Taylor | My stroke of insight

Resources and Links

• Email us: [email protected]

• The Presentation Boss Podcast: https://presentationboss.com.au/podcast/

• Kate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-norris/

• Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-krafft/

• Presentation Boss on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/presentationboss/

• Presentation Boss on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/presentation-boss

• Show your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/presentationboss

All rise for episode seventy-one of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Today on the show we have fellow Brisbane-boy Lindsay Adams. And if you're wanting to hear from someone who has been there, done that and got the T-shirt when it comes to speaking, then listen in close today!

Kate and Thomas first met Lindsay almost by chance at a Professional Speakers Association meeting, and soon after learned the magnitude of his accomplishment. Also, plenty of previous guests have made sure we never forget about him!

Chatting to him was relaxed, authentic and full of lessons, stories and great tips (Thomas has already implemented some since the recording). A man who worked in the public sector, started his own business and has since become a global speaker on relationships in business. We know you'll pick up plenty to make this listen very worthwhile.

About Our Guest

Lindsay Adams is a practiced speaking professional, seminar facilitator and relationship marketing specialist. With over 20 years relationship marketing experience, Lindsay's focus is on building effective relationships and generating more sales in less time by doing business by relationship.

Lindsay is able to identify what stimulates staff. In his presentations he coaches his audience to help them achieve peak performance. Lindsay offers solutions to help increase sales and maximise an organisation's 'Relationship Building Power'.

His customised keynote presentations and workshops are tailored to meet specific organisational needs and provide educational information in an entertaining way. He provides the tools to assist you to retain, re-train and relate to staff, and focus on teamwork and achievement.

Lindsay was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the January 2020 Australia Day Honours for his service to the professional speaking industry. He was the 2009-2010 President of the Global Speakers Federation and is a Past National President of the Professional Speakers Australia (PSA).

He holds the first ever Global Speaking Fellow designation. The Global Speaking Fellow is awarded by the Global Speakers Federation and the only internationally recognised designation for professional speakers.

What You'll Learn

• How Lindsay's work uses a spin on the traditional DiSC to help create relationships

• The history and transferable lessons that lead Lindsay from public servant to serving his industry

• Why and how we should be investing in relationships in these slow economic times

• A handful of actionable tips and steps to help you get ahead in communication and conversations

• Exactly how much effort you should put into your professional relationships

• Is constant contact annoying, being a pest or actually ok?

• What the benefits are to looking at a professional speaking organisation such as the PSA or Toastmasters

• How serving and being a leader can pay itself back to you tenfold

Mentioned In The Show

• Lindsay Adams' Website

• Lindsay is the CEO of Integrus Australia

• Free Colour Assessment Tool

• The Professional Speakers Association

• Toastmasters International

• Lindsay recommended 18 Minutes by Peter Bregman

• The book he couldn't think of was