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Start your day with a giggle: The perpetual PowerPoint soap opera. 😂 👉🏻Remember, start with the *story*, not a blank PowerPoint deck. 👍🏻Just like an author, be intentional about what you say and show first, what the top takeaway is, and how you conclude. 👎🏻You don't want your audience READING a slide if you're presenting a deck, you want them looking at and listening to YOU. 🤟🏻The deck is a backdrop, provocative emphasis, an illustration of the idea. 👏🏻The best presentations are often the simplest. ☝🏻And what you say matters massively more than what is on a slide. Especially if the slide is "gross," of course.

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Any good entertainer should be able to help you plan and organize your event for maximum audience impact, but sometimes unavoidable logistics require a performer to be flexible, and to win over a crowd that is… • eating • drinking • surrounded by distractions • not facing the stage, and • not primed to pay attention. We all prefer ideal conditions, but the true measure of an entertainer is how s/he handles a less-than-ideal scenario. Before you hire an entertainer, ask to see video of that person handling an audience that is NOT ready for “a show.” That will tell you everything you need to know.

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#ukagents & #ukproducers! Looking for a new Agatha-Christie-ish light-comedy murder-mystery pilot with a few new angles & twists on the usual cosy-murder genre tropes? (twists that even all my readers didn't see coming!😁) Check out this clip from the showreel of my HAWKWOOD pilot table-read, filmed at Business SpotlightUK & read by a very talented & funny cast of British actors (who also deserve to be discovered!😊), including Terry Bamberger, Christopher Wareham, Tristan Pretty, David McCulloch, Somerled Mackay (who also edited this nicely-done showreel for me as well as playing the shouty, Brian-Blessed-y Major Lyon!😁), Alistair Lawrence as fresh-faced newbie Inspector Wellman, and Oliver Broad playing our "annoyingly-handsome" & devilishly-charming hero Hawkwood, a former-Scotland Yard Inspector who's trying to redeem his dark fall from grace by working as a private detective in a seemingly-idyllic Cotswold village of the 1950's. (Think Father Brown with a bit more of a "devilishly-charming" detective than the good Padre, with hints of Batman & Lucifer!😉) Catch the full reel on my YouTube channel & the script itself is posted on my profile @coverfly along with my batch of 7 award-winning Father Brown specs (which Hawkwood first appears in as a charming villain, but I had so much fun writing him that I brought him back for a redemption arc in the later specs & then gave him his own "spinoff" with this original pilot!); I still need a UK agent to help me submit these to prods & get my foot in the door over there! (& I definitely want to move to the UK as well, so you would have a UK-based client, but I need a UK agent and/or prod-sponsor to help with getting a UK-work-visa first so they'll let me work/live in the country on a more permanent basis!🤞) Everyone who's read this script & went to the table-read said it's 'tv-ready' to shoot & a fun show that's as good as any of the others of that genre, but more original because of its new twists!😊🙏🔥 Check it out! #agents #producers #uktelevision #murdermystery #comedy #pilot #whodunnit #agathachristie #wodehouse-vibe #neurodivergent #tvwriter #showreel #tableread #british #britishactors #devlishlyhandsome #detective https://lnkd.in/gjGE9iTv

If you yourself are dealing with public speaking anxiety, or if you have a person in your life that is feeling the stress of presenting I urge you to take another approach. Instead of forcing them to “face their fears”, you should encourage and support them to take tiny, positive, fun, happy, little, STRESS FREE steps.    I recommend for you not to avoid public speaking altogether, because you will make it a bigger fear than it already is.   Spend your time on small, step-by-step activities that will actually help you, like: ⭐ Reading short poetry around the dinner table. ⭐ Watching your favourite speakers on Youtube. ⭐ Collecting your favourite words and phrases in a notebook. ⭐ Play around with the audio recorder on your phone. ⭐ Go and see stand up comedy, plays, amateur drama, improv or find it online. ⭐ Mimic your favourite radio DJ or podcast host. ⭐ Celebrate all the fun ways that speaking makes your life better.   Honestly, sometimes it is hard to remember what it really feels like to be an inexperienced speaker, full of anxiety, and the pressures of teenage life, where image is everything. For example, look at all the talent shows on TV, “X-factor” “America’s got Talent” “The Voice” “Dragon’s Den” “Lions Cave” “Shark Tank” and countless others. While these shows may reward the people with the best stage presence, they certainly spend a lot of airtime shaming and humiliating people who don’t make the cut.   But the real truth is this: No one should ever shame or humiliate you for trying your best. They should be celebrating you. Instead of trying to avoid humiliating situations, why not take steps towards making a more supportive environment for your skills to grow? Take a short break in your day and take a look at these 4 great TED talks that might just give you some little ideas that make you feel not-so-bad https://lnkd.in/ei5aJcdK https://lnkd.in/ghsxYtG https://lnkd.in/gC6xPKy https://lnkd.in/gWmJ5sWS Have a great week ahead. Stay amazing and start celebrating your voice, after all, you have something important to say, don't you? #publicspeaking #stress #fears #speaking #activity #anxiety

If you yourself are dealing with public speaking anxiety, or if you have a person in your life that is feeling the stress of presenting I urge you to take another approach. Instead of forcing them to “face their fears”, you should encourage and support them to take tiny, positive, fun, happy, little, STRESS FREE steps.    I recommend for you not to avoid public speaking altogether, because you will make it a bigger fear than it already is.   Spend your time on small, step-by-step activities that will actually help you, like: ⭐ Reading short poetry around the dinner table. ⭐ Watching your favourite speakers on Youtube. ⭐ Collecting your favourite words and phrases in a notebook. ⭐ Play around with the audio recorder on your phone. ⭐ Go and see stand up comedy, plays, amateur drama, improv or find it online. ⭐ Mimic your favourite radio DJ or podcast host. ⭐ Celebrate all the fun ways that speaking makes your life better.   Honestly, sometimes it is hard to remember what it really feels like to be an inexperienced speaker, full of anxiety, and the pressures of teenage life, where image is everything. For example, look at all the talent shows on TV, “X-factor” “America’s got Talent” “The Voice” “Dragon’s Den” “Lions Cave” “Shark Tank” and countless others. While these shows may reward the people with the best stage presence, they certainly spend a lot of airtime shaming and humiliating people who don’t make the cut.   But the real truth is this: No one should ever shame or humiliate you for trying your best. They should be celebrating you. Instead of trying to avoid humiliating situations, why not take steps towards making a more supportive environment for your skills to grow? Take a short break in your day and take a look at these 4 great TED talks that might just give you some little ideas that make you feel not-so-bad https://lnkd.in/ei5aJcdK https://lnkd.in/ghsxYtG https://lnkd.in/gC6xPKy https://lnkd.in/gWmJ5sWS Have a great week ahead. Stay amazing and start celebrating your voice, after all, you have something important to say, don't you? #publicspeaking #stress #fears #speaking #activity #anxiety

If you yourself are dealing with public speaking anxiety, or if you have a person in your life that is feeling the stress of presenting I urge you to take another approach. Instead of forcing them to “face their fears”, you should encourage and support them to take tiny, positive, fun, happy, little, STRESS FREE steps.    I recommend for you not to avoid public speaking altogether, because you will make it a bigger fear than it already is.   Spend your time on small, step-by-step activities that will actually help you, like: ⭐ Reading short poetry around the dinner table. ⭐ Watching your favourite speakers on Youtube. ⭐ Collecting your favourite words and phrases in a notebook. ⭐ Play around with the audio recorder on your phone. ⭐ Go and see stand up comedy, plays, amateur drama, improv or find it online. ⭐ Mimic your favourite radio DJ or podcast host. ⭐ Celebrate all the fun ways that speaking makes your life better.   Honestly, sometimes it is hard to remember what it really feels like to be an inexperienced speaker, full of anxiety, and the pressures of teenage life, where image is everything. For example, look at all the talent shows on TV, “X-factor” “America’s got Talent” “The Voice” “Dragon’s Den” “Lions Cave” “Shark Tank” and countless others. While these shows may reward the people with the best stage presence, they certainly spend a lot of airtime shaming and humiliating people who don’t make the cut.   But the real truth is this: No one should ever shame or humiliate you for trying your best. They should be celebrating you. Instead of trying to avoid humiliating situations, why not take steps towards making a more supportive environment for your skills to grow? Take a short break in your day and take a look at these 4 great TED talks that might just give you some little ideas that make you feel not-so-bad https://lnkd.in/esyvt6fJ https://lnkd.in/eHdbryQr https://lnkd.in/eDXstX6v https://lnkd.in/ehBKYXjN Have a great week ahead. Stay amazing and start celebrating your voice, after all, you have something important to say, don't you? #publicspeaking #stress #fears #speaking #activity #anxiety

If you yourself are dealing with public speaking anxiety, or if you have a person in your life that is feeling the stress of presenting I urge you to take another approach. Instead of forcing them to “face their fears”, you should encourage and support them to take tiny, positive, fun, happy, little, STRESS FREE steps.    I recommend for you not to avoid public speaking altogether, because you will make it a bigger fear than it already is.   Spend your time on small, step-by-step activities that will actually help you, like: ⭐ Reading short poetry around the dinner table. ⭐ Watching your favourite speakers on Youtube. ⭐ Collecting your favourite words and phrases in a notebook. ⭐ Play around with the audio recorder on your phone. ⭐ Go and see stand up comedy, plays, amateur drama, improv or find it online. ⭐ Mimic your favourite radio DJ or podcast host. ⭐ Celebrate all the fun ways that speaking makes your life better.   Honestly, sometimes it is hard to remember what it really feels like to be an inexperienced speaker, full of anxiety, and the pressures of teenage life, where image is everything. For example, look at all the talent shows on TV, “X-factor” “America’s got Talent” “The Voice” “Dragon’s Den” “Lions Cave” “Shark Tank” and countless others. While these shows may reward the people with the best stage presence, they certainly spend a lot of airtime shaming and humiliating people who don’t make the cut.   But the real truth is this: No one should ever shame or humiliate you for trying your best. They should be celebrating you. Instead of trying to avoid humiliating situations, why not take steps towards making a more supportive environment for your skills to grow? Take a short break in your day and take a look at these 4 great TED talks that might just give you some little ideas that make you feel not-so-bad https://lnkd.in/esyvt6fJ https://lnkd.in/eHdbryQr https://lnkd.in/eDXstX6v https://lnkd.in/ehBKYXjN Have a great week ahead. Stay amazing and start celebrating your voice, after all, you have something important to say, don't you? #publicspeaking #stress #fears #speaking #activity #anxiety

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