“When is the first time you touched a computer?” – “I don’t know.”
“When is the first time you served people food and drinks?” – “I don’t know.”
“When did you fall in love with numbers?” – “I don’t know.”
ETHOS means credibility and is one of the three pillars of rhetoric. The key ethos question is: Why should . . . → Read More: What Is Your Ethos Building Story?
It was an experiment and the experiment went well… 75%.
The opportunity
On October 23 2012 I turned 39. A special day, which was even more special because it coincided with our Toastmasters meeting. A good opportunity to give a speech from my Advanced Manual Humorously Speaking, I thought. Since many people like to say that they turn . . . → Read More: The Thirty-Nine Experiences In Seven Minutes Experiment
For 3,013 days I worked for KPMG, the global advisory firm. Working in business consulting for almost a decade, I became familiar with a huge number of cliché business expressions like win-win, synergies, value chain, added value, work-life balance, customer focus, operational restructuring, cost drivers or benchmarking.
Once I worked on a benchmarking project for BMW, the German . . . → Read More: Who Is Your Benchmark?
Sometimes and unexpectedly, magical moments sneak around the corner. They come over to us, they smile at us, they give us a hug, they make us feel great. Then they move on and they disappear in the mist of the past.
That warm day in Poznan in May 2012 was one of those moments.
Based on my experience gained in thousands of speech evaluations throughout my professional career as a public speaking coach and as a member of Toastmasters International, here are 101 tips that will help you spice up your speeches and presentations both on the content and delivery side.
It was back in 2002. I organized a roadshow for my boss to our major offices of KPMG in Germany. The idea: The board member meets the team and informs about our vision, strategy and action plan for the transaction & restructuring department.
As usual the slides didn’t show any bullets. Numbers and buzz words were neatly . . . → Read More: More Animal POWER In Your POINT
What my companions say
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