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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The 2006 Casino Royale has been rated as the best Bond movie ever, not because of the amazing stunts, or the number of Aston Martins destroyed as accessories to the plot (three brand new), but because 007 has discovered his vulnerability. For Bond to be displaying a level of psychological realism may seem to detract [...]
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 [...]
I often get comments and occasional questions about what I am doing or from events that I speak at. Here is my response to a recent comment and I believe that we often forget that “presentation skills” is far more than giving a speech, (Leadership In The Always On World 2009/02/10). I am happy to [...]
Making a Great First Impression! It takes just a quick glance, maybe three seconds, for someone to evaluate you when you meet for the first time. In this short time, the other person forms an opinion about you based on your appearance, your body language, your demeanor, your mannerisms, and how you are dressed. With [...]
Recently I attend a public seminar where a communications expert used a familiar quote concerning the percentage of words/voice/body language necessary to become effective as a speaker. This is a common misquote of Professor Mehrabian’s work concerning face to face communications – not public speaking. His focus was the intimate conversations we have with each [...]
  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. |