It is odd thing that some speakers, presenters and communicators, somehow think their thoughts and feelings are invisible to the audience. It is as if they think they can fool all of the people all of the time. What is sad is when they fool some people once, then they believe that is a successful [...]
Stick to these principles and you’ll always do well. We turn on the television and see people speaking before crowds or handling reporters with confidence and it all looks effortless. In the more than15 years I have been training people to become more effective communicators, I have watched for common qualities among great speakers. Are [...]
We have a complex relationship with change. On the on the one hand we desire it and it is demanded of us, on the other we resist it and detest it. If as leaders and communicators we want to motivate change in our organizations or in our society we need to look at it with [...]
USE WITH CAUTION Humor is such a wonderful tool when used properly and can end a career, create family rifts and cause social disgrace when not. When it is spontaneous, natural and authentic it is powerful. Here are my 5 top tips. 1. Take an improv class and then go to an improv club or [...]
If you are a speaker then if you want to become a better speaker you need to write! If you are a writer then if you want to to become a better writer you need to speak! These twins of communication are entwined……why? Because the discipline of one supports clarity with the other. As speakers [...]
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t you’re right” Henry Ford Some of the most powerful public speakers I know started out with the most fear. When I am coaching my clients I get them to focus on these four beliefs: they significantly reduce anxiety over public speaking and energizes them to a [...]
If your stomach churns just at the thought of speaking in front of a group of people, you’re not alone. In fact, North Americans rate public speaking as their number one fear – even ahead of death hence the joke ‘you would rather be in the coffin than giving the eulogy’ – that Jerry Seinfeld [...]
Speed Can Kill Today in business we are expected to react quickly to problems, and to come up with prompt accurate solutions. When responding to tough questions during a presentation speed can kill. Tough questions have always a part of business and, given today’s tough economy, the questions are tougher than ever. People are always [...]
The Authentic Leader I believe that authenticity and transparency are to be the hallmarks of emerging and successful leadership, and President Barack Obama is in the vanguard of change. No longer will leaders be able to hide behind veils of unaccountability, anonymity, and be untouchable. For in this ‘always on’ society there is nowhere to [...]
Presentation Power: Executive Level Many of you sent me emails concerning the last blog article I wrote, expressing astonishment that going out of the office to give a presentation was not always supported or in fact encouraged. It is sad but true; many organizations have not caught on that we live in the information age, [...]
  Geoffrey X Lane is an experienced major bid coach with years of experience as a trainer for public speaking and presentation skills. He’s worked with leaders from a wide variety of organizations, helping them create successful proposals, bids and tenders. Geoffrey creates boardroom credibility through both his personal facilitation style and through successes like being the winning bid bid coach for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Bid Team in Prague.
Many organizations have the requisite technical skill to win a bid, but don’t communicate them well. Geoffrey X Lane can help your experienced team fine-tune the details that transform a good bid proposal into a winning bid presentation. |