Develop A Dynamic Delivery | Michael Davis

Do You Feel Like Going AWOL

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Michael Davis | 0 Comments

For years, I thought I knew why people are afraid to speak in public. I was sure that it was because of one of two reasons; either, 1) a bad experience , or, 2) simply because society consistently tells you that you should be afraid of it. My opinion changed when I read the book ‘Confessions of a Public Speaker’,…

Are You Hypnotizing Your Audience?

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Michael Davis | 0 Comments

If you had been sitting next to me in a recent sales meeting, you would have seen the manager, Tim, explaining sales concepts to his team. He paced from left to right, paused briefly, then turned and paced from right to left, paused briefly again, then repeated the process. After several minutes, Tim had settled into a rhythmic ‘cadence’, moving…

Are You Stepping on the Audience?

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Michael Davis | 0 Comments

Picture the scene. You’ve just given your presentation. You delivered your stories, and the humor, which worked so well when you practiced it, got….. no response. What happened? A common problem that speakers make is that they attempt to include so much information into their presentations that they quickly move from one point to the next, and leave no time…

Respect Their Time

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Michael Davis | 0 Comments

If you had been sitting next to me last Friday at 1:05, you would have felt the frustration in the air. Sixty other people and I were listening to an excellent presentation about the challenges facing retirees in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008. The ideas and concepts presented were enlightening, educational and entertaining. So what was the…

PowerPoint: Your Greatest Competition

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Michael Davis | 0 Comments

Think about the last presentation you saw. Chances are, you were subjected to ‘PowerPoint hell’… the seemingly endless stream of slides that most presenters simply read to you, usually while you’re sitting in the dark, leaving you praying for a fire alarm or some other distraction to get you out of the room. Why do so many speakers use PowerPoint?