Over the last couple of months, I have had the pleasure of working with the physician trainees at Southern Health as they prepare for their clinical exams. One by one they sat in front of me, reeled of their long case presentations anxiously trying to keep it within 12 minutes and not look at the […]
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As a good communicator we want to influence our audience not make them feel defensive or pressured. But how do we do this? Our tone of voice, our body language and the words we choose have a huge impact on how we build a relationship with our audience in a meeting and in presentations. Here […]
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Presentations are hard work and often we don’t put the time and effort into creating a great presentation and then we wonder why we get a mediocre response. Here are some tips to ensure that your next presentation makes your audience sit up and listen: Plan: Don’t start putting your presentation together the day before. Take […]
Read moreIn today’s society we have become so engrossed in our phones, our emails and Facebook that we are rapidly losing interpersonal communication skills. I was having lunch with my husband on the weekend and when I looked around, we were the only two people that were not sitting across from each other on our phones. […]
Read moreThe end of year function often proves challenging for CEOs and executives where they are required to give a speech but its often very casual and people normally have a glass of wine or other beverage in their hand. Here are five tips to ensure that your end of year speech hits the right note […]
Read moreThere are a lot of questions that are fairly common across job interviews which means you can prepare but I find that people have the most trouble answering this one – “tell me a bit about yourself.” People have told me that it makes them feel uncomfortable as they don’t want to come across as […]
Read moreWhat could be worse for an auctioneer that having lost their voice on auction day? Probably not much! As a voice coach, I cringe when I see an auctioneer yelling across the street to potential buyers as cars drive past, trams ding down the main street and there’s not a microphone in sight. The demands […]
Read moreAt school we are taught that there are five vowels – a, e, i, o and u and this is true for written English but not so for spoken English. In spoken English the same “vowel” can be produced three or four different ways. For example, “black” vs “baby” or “bite” vs “bit” or “cut” […]
Read moreA must read for those of us aspiring to be leaders. And in order to be a great leader we need to first be great communicators. This is of course not easy and something I work on every day as I evaluate what I say, how it was perceived and what I might do differently […]
Read moreFantastic article about the use, overuse and abuse of PowerPoint. A must read for all current and future PowerPoint users! http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/powerpoint-should-be-banned-this-powerpoint-presentation-explains-why-20150528-ghbbpt.html
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