by akadmin | Dec 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
In my conference travels in 2019, across every State of Australia and in 5 different countries, I’ve seen so many and varied things, inside the conference room, at exhibitions and at social events – from countless great speakers to amazing audio-visuals, from...
by akadmin | Oct 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
In 1983 I wrote an essay about 1984. I was in my final year of High School and our English text was, ironically given the year, George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. I recall with perhaps way too much over-confidence, writing a long, detailed essay in my Year 12...
by akadmin | Sep 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
(What ‘Toy Story 4’ can teach us about conference presentations) I’m a huge fan of Pixar movies, which apart from being immensely entertaining and moving and amongst the most creative films released each year, always contain brilliant messages, multiple layers...
by akadmin | Jun 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
(WHAT MALCOLM GLADWELL TAUGHT ME ABOUT PRESENTATIONS) I’m not at all embarrassed to say I have quite a few man crushes. From LeBron James, Stephen Colbert, Barack Obama, musician Neil Finn and a few professional wrestlers from the late 80’s (yep, I’m waaaay past...
by akadmin | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
As a presentation skills speaker and trainer I tend to read a lot about the subject of attention spans and how to keep an audience engaged. A years or two ago I started seeing articles that scientists had conclusively proved that the average human attention span was...
by akadmin | Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each year through my conference work, I am lucky enough to see a lot of brilliant presenters. Last year was no exception. But the best presenter I witnessed last year was not at a conference. It was in a pub. My family and I travelled to Ireland over Christmas (we had...
