“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 [...]
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 [...]
Are Two Brains Better Than One? Do you: Like to be systematic and structured? Like to work with your door closed? Create order and send memos? Call yourself conservative? Have a neat and tidy office? Prefer logic, rather than emotion? Chances Are You Are Left-Brained. Do you: Like to discuss things and talk out your [...]
  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. |