Presentation Boss Podcast

88. Speech Breakdown: TED Talk by Senna “Lemons to Lemonade” – With Felicity!

By presentationboss | Dec 30, 2020

It’s summer holidays on Episode eighty-eight of The Presentation Boss Podcast. In our last episode, we shared our best techniques for kids to get going with their public speaking. Today we chose to double-down by breaking down a TED Talk delivered by a child. And then we tripled down as we have Kate’s eldest daughter,…

87. Essential Public Speaking Techniques for Kids, Teenagers and Gen-Z

By presentationboss | Dec 23, 2020

It’s the end of the year for episode eighty-seven of The Presentation Boss Podcast! And with the world population of kids and students home for the holidays, Kate and Thomas figure it might be a good time to share the basics to help them get ahead in their speaking skills. The newest generation has such…

86. Vinh Giang on Using Your Voice to Change Your World

By presentationboss | Dec 16, 2020

It’s an inspiring time on episode eighty-six of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Kate and Thomas have been following the work of Vinh Giang for years, and earlier this year completed his online vocal course. He has a beautifully uplifting philosophy around your communication skills, but also the deep understanding to help you get there. After…

85. Speech Breakdown: TED Talk by Dan Ariely "How to Change Your Behaviour For The Better”

By presentationboss | Dec 9, 2020

It’s just a nice time on episode eighty-five of The Presentation Boss Podcast. In this half hour together, we’re watching a TED Talk that was recommended to us by a listener and doing a live breakdown. Both Kate and Thomas love this talk for it’s effectiveness, efficiency and simplicity. You’ll hear the quote “This talk…

84. Simple Solutions to Make Your Slides Stand Out

By presentationboss | Dec 2, 2020

Warm yourself up for episode eighty-four of The Presentation Boss Podcast! This entire episode was inspired by a single comment Thomas made when he noticed in a business presentation some beautiful slides. Kate inquired what the differences are in the design of average slides compared to awesome slides. And the answer is some surprisingly simple…

83. Chris Huet on Creative Language and Communication

By presentationboss | Nov 25, 2020

Strap yourself in for episode eighty-three of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Today on the show we have a guest and all round cool dude from Canberra, Chris Huet. If you could imagine a Venn diagram where ‘fighter pilot’, ‘poet’, and ‘communication consultant’ all overlap, then you’ve got a good idea where Chris lives. Kate and…

82. Speech Breakdown: Steve Jobs: Launch of the iPhone

By presentationboss | Nov 18, 2020

It’s another big one in episode eighty-two of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Thirteen years ago the late Steve Jobs introduced the world to a revolutionary new product, the iPhone at MacWorld in January 2007. In an 80-minute keynote he presented some of the most iconic techniques and skills in the speaking word, and the product…

81. What Do I Do With My Hands?

By presentationboss | Nov 11, 2020

Put your hands together for episode eighty-one of The Presentation Boss Podcast! In this episode we give you the answer to one of our most asked questions; “What do I do with my hands when speaking?” We get it, as you speak and nervousness kicks in, nothing feels comfortable and natural and you become hyper-aware…

80. David Nihill on Hacking Public Speaking

By presentationboss | Nov 4, 2020

It’s your lucky day! Episode eighty of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Joining us today is Irish author, speaker trainer and stand-up comic, David Nihill. His philosophy around hacking public speaking, combined with his leverage of using Stand-Up techniques means he has a grounded, sensible but effective approach to what works in presentations. The interview starts…

79. Speech Breakdown: The Secrets of Food Marketing

By presentationboss | Oct 28, 2020

Time to sit down and listen in to episode seventy-nine of The Presentation Boss Podcast. In this breakdown, we tackle something a little bit different. This talk was suggested to us by a listener and we’ve hesitated to have this detailed look at it for months. It is an acted marketing piece for a UK…

78. Where to Start When You Don’t Know Where to Start

By presentationboss | Oct 21, 2020

Episode seventy-eight of The Presentation Boss Podcast and in this short time together, Kate and Thomas tackle that problem of where do you even start when you need to prepare for a presentation. Whether you have a head full of ideas and content all swimming around untamed and need to implement the Brain Dump method.…

77. Todd Cherches on Visual Leadership and Communication

By presentationboss | Oct 14, 2020

Strap in for episode seventy-seven of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Over the past few months, Thomas has had some conversations with Todd Cherches about all things presentations. Given he has just released a book about visual communication, you can imagine those conversations were quite animated and aligned. As is often the case with all professional…