Geoffrey, I want to acknowledge and let you know I appreciate the contribution you made at the very start in securing Vancouver as the venue for the 2010 Olympics Games. You must be proud of how your little acorn has grown into a mighty oak. All the best, Patrick Hunt Hi Patrick, I am sorry [...]
It’s not what you say, but how you say it… One of the most often mis-quoted and mis-used pieces of research is Professor Mehrabian’s communication model, especially when applied to public speaking. • 7% of meaning is in the words that are spoken. • 38% of meaning is paralinguistic (the way that the words [...]
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 [...]
Recently I was asked two questions about speaking and they inspired me to include the answers in the blog: 1st Question – “If you had only one hour to prepare for a presentation, what would you do?” My answer to this question has three parts: a) Assess the audience, their needs, and their current knowledge [...]
  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. |