I am contacted regularly by organisations, be they large or small, who have pitched and failed to have successful outcomes, be it to win sales or investment.
I...
‘Art of Pitching’
Last Friday I spoke to an audience of over 100 business women on International Women’s Day. The topic I was asked to address was the “Art of ...
Businesses I have worked with from the very beginning are now coming back to me to have their story (pitch) refreshed and updated. Either they have outgrown their initial business story, or they are realising that they need to pivot.
There are sev...
Executive Coaching for Entrepreneurs
Recently, I coached some entrepreneurs in the National College of Ireland (NCI) who were pitching their Brexit border solu...
When I am coaching people one-to-one or in a training workshop, the most frequent request I receive is for what people call "constructive criticism".
I explain...
Improve Your Presentation Skills
Having listened to somebody present to you, are you likely to remember everything they said?
No, that’s very unlikely!
What you will remember is how they made you feel – uplifted, informed, enthused, energised, ...
Successful Entrepreneurs always have an engaging story to tell about how they got the idea to start their business and how it solves a problem for some group of...
Billie Jean King, winner of 39 tennis grand slam titles, says:
“Sport is entertainment; everything is about the audience whether you give a speech or play tenn...
Presentation Skills Coaching - Choose engaging & entertaining stories and your audience will put away their devices
It's an old joke, but a good one concerning public speaking –
“If you have not struck oil after ten minutes, stop boring."
Rece...
