No matter what department you are working in; marketing, sales, IT, customer service, or another department, chances are you will have to give a presentation at some point in your career. Regardless of the presentation topic, you need to connect with the audience. Here are some tips for giving amazing presentations: Make sure the structure [...]
Tell me a story We all tell stories, all the time, about what went on at the weekend, first date, hockey game, in fact we use stories all the time to convey context, meaning and our reaction to them. Stories and the way we tell them provide insights into our individual and cultural values. In [...]
Did President Obama waste his time of ‘inspiration’? Is he now acting out of desperation? After his election as President, Barack Obama had the opportunity use his ‘inspiration’ influence to continue to communicate his model of “US Health Care Reform,” a major election promise. What happened? I don’t know, however he did not continue to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I believe that all leaders need to make profound changes! We live in the communication age. We are inundated with messages, ads, news clips, and even in the elevator there are video screens. We see and receive many thousands of images and messages everyday. I believe because of the enormous increase in the amount of [...]
  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. |