Pour P.E.E. into your presentations!

When you make a presentation, whether it is to colleagues, clients, prospects or
professional contacts you are saying “I’ve earned the right to be up here; I’m
an expert.”

When you do it well i.e. in a confident and convincing manner it is the very best way of marketing both yourself and the company you represent. When you give away free and valuable information to your relevant audience it is one of the very best methods to attract new business.

BUT, when you present in a nervous hesitant manner, go on unprepared, read from the screen, put no energy, passion or enthusiasm into your talk you are damaging your
company’s reputation.

It will always be better not to volunteer if you see yourself with the shortcomings in the previous paragraph.

Most people, however deep their knowledge is, shy away from presenting.
Whenever you volunteer to stand up the key to a great presentation is
P assion
E nthusiasm and
E nergy.
if they aren't present in abundance, think twice before standing up.
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Kids + adults + rejection

I was chatting with my fellow professional speaker, Kenny Harris about why kids don't seem to have the same problem. He wrote

You'll recall you pondered the question - kids don't seem to be nervous/shy
about walking into nursery, and just introducing themselves - why not, and
what makes adults different?

(There are, obviously, kids who ARE shy, mostly with adult groups, but for
the most part I think you're right).

Here's what I've been thinking about:

1. Kids live 'in the moment'. They don't consider what 'might' go wrong, so
don't worry about being rejected, insulted, whatever - at least until they
learn (probably at primary school) that this does in fact happen.

2. Kids have no fear. You know how you see them climbing trees, patting
dogs, rolling down steep hills, with no thought of the consequences? Again,
they don't stop to consider "what bad thing might happen here?". There's a
great line Scottish mums used to use (maybe they still do - my wife's
English!). Whe the kid was balancing along a ledge or wall, they'd shout "If
you fall and break your legs, don't come running to me!".

3. Kids don't hang on to grudges. My two will be fighting cat and dog - and
three minutes later sitting up close to one another, quietly doing a puzzle
together. It's all I can do to stop myself saying "I thought you two hated
each other?"!!!! Adults bear grudges - if there's someone we don't like, or
there's a competitor in the room, we're wary and careful, unlike children.

Hope this sparks some thinking, and perhaps a new theme for you?

"It's my birthday every day"

Whoever I say this to they laugh or smile. But it's true. I love what I do;I feel good when people tell me I have been able to help them in various aspects of their lives through effective and confident networking.
I aim to see the best in everyone, even when people are discourteous and disloyal. I try to win all arguments by avoiding them and where we make mistakes we put them right immediately to every one's satisfaction. That way we often get more work even after errors or bad service. Mind you, this rarely happens as we plan and prepare carefully.
The first principle of building relationships,i.e. networking,is to give first and receive second.You feel good when you give to or help people you know, like and trust.
Yes, every day is my birthday