by ida | Difficult Situations
“Sometimes you fall down because there is something down there that you are supposed to find.” I’m sure we’ve all read quotes about failure and picking ourselves up again, but… Picking oneself up can be hard… We don’t always know how to pick ourselves up...
by ida | Creativity, Designing a Learning Experience, Difficult Situations, Engagement, Presentation Strategies
Wouldn’t you like to be so confident… That you knew that every transformational talk or workshop you led… Was going to hit the mark and make a life-changing difference to your students? What do you need to get you there? A road map that takes you...
by ida | Difficult Situations
There will be times when you are asked to be the lunchtime speaker at an event or are invited into an organization to do what is referred to as a “lunch and learn”… Organizations and event planners book lunchtime speakers either because they feel the need to...
by ida | Audience Psychology, Difficult Situations, Engagement
I recently had a conversation with a prospective student, who loves presenting workshops on the topic of wellness. After she finished describing some of her biggest challenges, fears, and frustrations around doing talks and workshops… I explained how using adult...
by ida | Designing a Learning Experience, Difficult Situations, Presentation Strategies
As presenters and seminar leaders we have expertise in a particular topic, and as experts we face a challenge when trying to teach or communicate with those who don’t know what we know. We suffer from the Curse of Knowledge. We know things that others...
by ida | Designing a Learning Experience, Difficult Situations, Engagement, Leadership, Presentation Strategies
At the end of one of my workshops, Derek, a trainer and coach at a telecom company exclaimed, “I’ve been reborn. I’m a whole new presenter now!” What had triggered this “aha” moment? Derek had gained some new perspectives that had...
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