Put Yourself Across Online
Online meetings were becoming a bigger and bigger part of life even before the coronavirus struck. Webinars were gaining traction, as more and more people
Georgina Kirk
22 May 2020
Category: Discussion & Debate
Using Statistics Effectively in a Speech or Presentation
Using statistics in a speech or presentation can enhance your credibility and give your message impact. Or it can confuse, bore or mislead your audience.
Georgina Kirk
28 November 2018
If Someone Doesn’t Like You, That’s Good!
I’ve just spoken to someone I assumed was ringing to book me to speak. I’m on the database of an organisation that has branches in
Georgina Kirk
11 October 2018
Clear Thinking Leads to Clear Communication
One of the tenets of neuro-linguistic programming is that the meaning of communication is the response you get. I’ve never studied NLP so I’m taking this
Georgina Kirk
26 August 2016
What Do You Expect Me To Say?
A useful question to ask yourself before you speak is how you would respond if you were in the other person’s position. This will prevent
Georgina Kirk
22 June 2016
Keep Calm and Concentrate on the Content
One of the most effective ways to combat nerves in the hours and minutes before a business pitch or other presentation, an interview, a lecture,
Georgina Kirk
19 April 2016
The Power of the Pause
A pause is a tool of immense power. It facilitates and improves communication, benefiting both speaker and listener – and yet it is woefully underused.
Georgina Kirk
24 March 2016
Social Anxiety and Fear of Public Speaking
The half-hour documentary on Radio 4 yesterday, Hell is Other People, raised some interesting issues for those of us who struggle to put ourselves across confidently
Georgina Kirk
6 October 2015
“Just Be Yourself” is Bad Advice for Interviewees and Public Speakers
“Just be yourself.” How many times have you been given this advice in the run-up to an interview, presentation or speech? How useful have you
Georgina Kirk
18 August 2015
How to Overcome Self-Consciousness
Self-consciousness is one of the biggest barriers to putting yourself across. Worrying about what everyone else is thinking of you holds you back in so
Georgina Kirk
26 July 2015
The Spotlight Effect and the Effect of the Spotlight
When it comes to putting yourself across, it’s useful to bear in mind two contradictory spotlight-related phenomena and to tread a confident path between them.
Georgina Kirk
27 June 2015
Mind Your Mannerisms
It’s an annoying quirk of nature that it’s exactly at the times we’re most concerned to appear smooth and in control (making a speech, being
Georgina Kirk
22 June 2015