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 | Audience Psychology, Designing a Learning Experience, Engagement, Presentation Strategies, Training Materials
Audience psychology….AKA …also known as … the secret to a successful session. Imagine you’re sitting down at your computer preparing for your talk or workshop (not too far fetched, is it?) Most presenters spend a large percentage of their prep...
by ida | Creativity, Designing a Learning Experience, Engagement, Training Materials
I love using fun engaging activities that raise the energy in the room and are great both as icebreakers and energizers… I love getting my participants up and moving around… I love drawing on the knowledge, experience, and creativity of my audience...
by ida | Audience Psychology, Engagement
To memorize or not to memorize — that is the question…. The usual argument presentation coaches make against memorizing your presentation is that you won’t sound natural — that your presentation will sound memorized… They also...
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 | Engagement, Leadership, Presentation Strategies, Training Materials
Here’s a scenario you’ve probably experienced many times as an audience member… The presenter at the front of the room is carrying out the entire “show” – lecturing, spraying you with information, and delivering what he or she thinks is great value....
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