Your “Pow” Factor – Part 2 Concluding Your Talk By Catherine Mowbray-Lorenz Recently, I have seen some highly-credentialed and competent business speakers, with great topics, who were well prepared. However, I was disappointed in their presentation wrap up. They actually had no wrap up. Tossing off a quick “my-time-is-up- thank-you-for-having-me” to the audience, is not [...]
When speaking in public, your vocal and body language, your accent, wardrobe, accessories will be viewed as if you are under a microscope. These attributes are now part of your public persona. The human tendency when viewing public figures, celebrities, or seeing someone present, is to thoroughly inspect the speaker more closely than perhaps you [...]
These are actual complaints received by Thomas Cook Travel in the UK. Just for fun, I invented some possible replies to the complaints, which are in italics below. Please note that Thomas Cook has no idea that I created some possible responses to their client complaints. Enjoy! I think it should be explained in the brochure [...]
Are you someone who loves to know or learn facts that you file away for future information? Well this article may appeal to you. It contains a few interesting cultural particulars that I have learned while travelling. In East Asian board rooms, involving new business discussions, many executives will arrange the business cards of [...]
This humorous article has been circulating on the internet for a few years. It has been credited to both Qantas Airways and UPS. I am posting it here for your reading pleasure. Enjoy! Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school diploma to fix one…a reassurance to those [...]
When dining out overseas, table manners are especially important in how well you will be received in business and personal circles. Knowing your etiquette relative to mealtimes and how to conduct yourself could mean the difference between creating a meaningful, lasting impression, or alienating your foreign client or colleague with your In many countries business [...]
Bali is one of a chain of islands that comprises the fragmented Malay Archipelago. This broken land bridge links the continents of Asia and Australia and is situated on the world’s volcanic belt. Life is enchanted on this lush, tropical isle and its people are imbued with graciousness and warm hospitality. As a European resident [...]
When delivering a talk or presentation do you: · Know how to communicate competently, persuasively, with the various learning styles of the group? · Use hand gestures, facial expressions and body language for maximum impact? · Understand how to successfully handle nerves and anxiety? · Connect authentically and powerfully with your audience? · Stand and [...]
Here are five basic tips to get you started and to ensure that you are well received and welcomed back: 1) Refrain from making typical American gestures anywhere while traveling. The OK sign, the index finger and thumb forming a circle, is an obscene gesture in Brazil, impolite in Greece and in many areas of [...]
Many people use the words lectern and podium interchangeably. There actually is a difference. A lectern is most commonly defined as a slanted stand that serves as a support for a speaker’s notes. It often has a microphone and a light attached. A podium is an elevated platform, as for an orchestra conductor or public speaker. [...]
