Presentation Boss Podcast

76. Speech Breakdown: TED Talk by Anthony Metivier “Two Easily Remembered Questions That Silence Negative Thoughts”

By presentationboss | Oct 7, 2020

This should be memorable; episode seventy-six of The Presentation Boss Podcast. In January Thomas had the pleasure of coaching Anthony Metivier here in Brisbane for a TEDx Talk to be delivered in Melbourne. It was a fun process (that might be outlined in a future discussion episode) that resulted in the talk that Kate and…

75. Storytelling With Data and PowerPoint

By presentationboss | Oct 1, 2020

It’s numbers and narrative on episode seventy-five of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Numbers don’t make sense outside of the context of the story they tell. And while we may have access to the best, newest and fanciest graphing software on the planet, the best graphs still need to be presented properly. Even the best graphs…

74. Scott Stratten on Talent, Preparation and Millennials

By presentationboss | Sep 23, 2020

Take a swig of maple syrup for episode seventy-four of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Today we have the world-famous Canadian speaker, Scott Stratten. He’s famous for his man-bun, talks on marketing and ‘the Millennial rant’. Anyone who listens to enough content in the world of presentations ought not to be a stranger to this guy’s…

73. Speech Breakdown: TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson “Do schools kill creativity?”

By presentationboss | Sep 16, 2020

It’s a big moment for episode seventy-three of The Presentation Boss Podcast. When Kate and Thomas first planned out the speech breakdown format, this was the first talk Thomas added to the list. Sir Ken Robinson’s famous TED Talk was only the sixth ever uploaded to the TED website and has since become the single…

72. Alternatives to PowerPoint Part 2 – The Physical and Non-Electronic Options

By presentationboss | Sep 9, 2020

Grab a notepad for episode seventy-two of The Presentation Boss Podcast! To follow on from our last discussion episode, where we discussed the software options for slide design and presentation, this week Kate and Thomas talk about the non-electronic and physical alternatives to slides. We know there is a lot of tiredness around slide use…

71. Lindsay Adams OAM on Relationships and Professional Speaking

By presentationboss | Sep 2, 2020

All rise for episode seventy-one of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Today on the show we have fellow Brisbane-boy Lindsay Adams. And if you’re wanting to hear from someone who has been there, done that and got the T-shirt when it comes to speaking, then listen in close today! Kate and Thomas first met Lindsay almost…

70. Speech Breakdown: TED Talk by Kenneth Lacovara “Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe”

By presentationboss | Aug 26, 2020

Grab a shovel for episode seventy of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Today we’re going hunting for actual dinosaurs and along the way will learn about the science and maths of evolution and the morality of our ecosystem. In this breakdown, Thomas selected this Talk from the TED Talks Daily podcast and we play it for…

69. Alternatives to PowerPoint Part 1 – The Big Five Presentation Software Options

By presentationboss | Aug 21, 2020

Grab a friend for episode sixty-nine of The Presentation Boss Podcast! We know there is a lot of tiredness around poor slide use. Unfortunately use of presentation software it is not taught as standard on any scale. And with PowerPoint being the ubiquitous term, there is always someone, somewhere thinking about how to avoid ‘Death…

68. Colin Kinner with Persuasive Pitches and Start-Ups

By presentationboss | Aug 12, 2020

Step into episode sixty-eight of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Life’s a pitch. And today’s guest knows a thing or two about the art and science of the successful pitch. Sure, we’ve all seen the TV shows, trying to secure squillions of investment for a new business. But Colin Kinner reminds us that we are always…

67. ‘The Presentation Podcast’ Crossover with Troy Chollar, Sandra Johnson and Nolan Haims

By presentationboss | Aug 5, 2020

Five presentation designers and co-hosts are in your ears for episode sixty-seven of The Presentation Boss Podcast. We’ve got a collaboration episode today, where Kate and Thomas joined up with the three co-hosts from The Presentation Podcast. Yes, the similarity in names is half coincidence, and half telling that we are all about relatively similar…

66. Speech Breakdown: TED Talk by Nilofer Merchant “Got A Meeting? Take A Walk”

By presentationboss | Jul 29, 2020

Time to walk and listen to episode sixty-six of The Presentation Boss Podcast. No really, if you’re not walking/jogging/running while listening to this episode, I can’t guarantee that you won’t feel bad by the end. We’re doing a speech breakdown where we play a talk from the internet and pause it to make comment about…

65. How To Make “Dry Information” Engaging

By presentationboss | Jul 22, 2020

Join us for episode sixty-five of The Presentation Boss Podcast! We work a whole lot with tech-based teams. Accounting, IT, engineering, academia, data analysts.. the type of deep thinkers who have a massive amount of knowledge and understanding in their topics. But can struggle to get that important information out of their mind. Especially when…