Speaking On Positive Ground - March 2010 - Podcast 5

Presentation is about Uniqueness – Your CLIENTS Uniqueness!

Training just once with outdated presentation skills techniques that were aimed at the eighties simply don’t cut it in 2010 and beyond. Its the reason why so many individuals and organisations are coming to us for help with our presentation surgeries and communication strategies.

The skill in business today is to recognise the uniqueness in the individual you are dealing with and then serve that uniqueness to the best of your ability.

In this podcast Peter Roper discusses how life has changed and how we need to change with it.

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Speaking On Positive Ground - November 2009 - Podcast 4

Have You Got The Five Degrees Of Social Passion in Your Business?

There are a number of ways to achieve the above and in this podcast Peter Roper discusses “The Five Degrees Of Social Passion!” and goes into more detail about how we do this and how it can help anyone create Social Passion for their business.

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Speaking On Positive Ground Podcast - September 3rd 2009

This week features a special Podcast, with a message from Peter:

“As a speaker of some years now I am well known for storytelling and understand the power of a good or bad story – and the need for great care to get the best results. For me storytelling particularly in business, can be of great benefit, but over the years I have found that there are many principles, secrets if you will, which must be obeyed or tell the story at your peril!

Recently I was interviewed by Lorraine Mavengere on the art of story telling for a modeling process she is going through whilst achieving Master Practitioner status in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming). The interview became a watershed of my secrets learned over the many years as a speaker and we both agreed it would make great listening for anyone seriously investigating how to use stories to the best effect. By no means is it an exhaustive list but it does go a long way to help.

Along with Lorraine we also have another fascinating interview with Andy Duncan aka “The Fearmaster” this time talking about “The fear of success and the fear of failure” fantastic insights into how to combat both ….

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Speaking on Positive Ground Podcast - 26th August 2009

This weeks podcast features a series of interviews by Peter Roper including:

Janet Helft hit us with a sledge hammer in her first interview -”Have you a compelling message on EVERY page of your website!”

Sara Beth reminds us that first impressions at a meeting or event are paramount, registration desks are key.

Andy Duncan and Peter discuss the understanding of our fears when presenting to audiences and the very real fear some of us have of people!

And Peter Roper extols the virtues of being prepared to present our business practically any time anywhere.

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Speaking on Positive Ground Podcast - 13th August 2009

This weeks podcast features interviews with Paul “The Sound Guy”Spicer who has many years experience in providing AV for the event industry and has such practical advice for anyone using sound at an event or function.

Our own Sara Beth who brings great tips for anyone constructing or running an event – its the little things that make a big difference!

Andy “The Fearmaster” Duncan knows all about fear, as a Royal Marine he faced his fears everyday and is an acknowledged expert in how to conquer fear in any situation – Andy and I discuss a well known speaking fear for so many people and what to do about it!

And our own resident interviewer Peter Roper who explores why so many business presentations fail and provide some simple tips which will always make a difference to any presentation.

Its a fact that 81% of business presentations fail and that many meeting and events (particularly in this current climate) fail to hit the mark – enjoy listening to some great practical , knowledgeable and FREE advice!

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