Michael is a leading authority on training in media and presentation skills. His methods work for people of all cultures – the result of hundreds of intensive training workshops with thousands of people.
He has special expertise in how to handle difficult issues and difficult audience
It’s about
the audience, the audience, the audience. Discover how to organise your
thoughts and structure your message so that they will want to listen.
Prepare to
be clear and persuasive. Prepare to connect, allowing for likely audience
questions, concerns and objections. Prepare an introduction that builds immediate
rapport, commanding respect from even the most difficult audience.
Prepare
your audio-visual aids for impact, and for use in a revolutionary new delivery
method that keeps audiences awake and focused.
Don’t prepare to deliver your content, prepare to engage your content.
Michael is a leading authority on training in presentation and media skills. His methods are universal – the result of intensive workshops with people from many cultures. He has special expertise in handling difficult issues and difficult audiences. Many describe his training as life-changing. He was a TV reporter, director and presenter of news and current affairs. He has published seven books.
The audience, the audience, the audience
Good preparation is like assembling a bicycle. It needs both wheels if you expect to ride on it. Obvious.
So why do so many presenters produce the speech equivalent of a bicycle with a missing wheel?
Wheel number one is the message. Wheel number two is the audience. Much of your ability to connect message to audience will be in your manner and style on the day, but a great deal of it starts with your preparation. To get your second wheel on and pumped you’ll prepare to generate these thoughts in your audience:
This content is relevant to me
This presenter knows how I feel about the topic.
This guide shows how to assemble your bicycle with both wheels ready to roll.