by akadmin | Dec 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
OK, I confess. I love end-of-year ‘Best-Of’ lists. Best albums, best movies, best books, best dual citizens who had to quit politics etc. So here’s my own “Best of 2017” entry. “Best Things I Experienced at Conferences in 2017”. In no...
by akadmin | Nov 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
As a Presentation Skills speaker and trainer, I have seen and read pretty much every article, video and book on the topic that I can get my hands on. Public speaking books, Harvard Business Review articles on how to pitch, TED TALKS, books, presentation skills blogs,...
by akadmin | Sep 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve been writing LinkedIn articles for several years now and find them incredibly useful in engaging with my clients and the conferencing / presentation skills community in which I work. And I am constantly told by my LinkedIn connections that they read my...
by akadmin | Sep 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
OK, I admit, I’m using a shameless ‘Game of Thrones’ reference to get your attention and I’m jumping on the GOT zeitgeist bandwagon by citing their catch-phrase “Winter Is Coming.” But the winter I refer to is not one of impending doom or (Spoiler Alert) Crumbling...
by akadmin | Aug 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
When you’ve been working at conferences for 20 + years, it’s not often you get to experience a true “first”. But last month, while MC’ing a conference in the US, I looked out into the audience to see an audience member, a middle aged man, casually spinning a fidget...
by akadmin | Jul 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Regular readers of my columns will know that my articles about conferences and presentations sometimes turn into dirty laundry airing sessions. It’s a fine line (no pun intended). But recently at a conference in Darwin, I witnessed one of the simplest, most creative...
