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Hosted by Maurice DeCastro · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 65 episodes
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Mindfully Speaking is the future of high impact public speaking & presenting. This podcast tells you in a clear, compelling and inspirational way everything you need to know about high impact public speaking and presenting. Many presentations today (especially business presentations) are far too long, repetitive, uninspiring and boring.We live in a world of noise where everyone is so busy being busy they don't have time for more unhelpful, long drawn out information. Mindful Presenter was created through a combination of frustration, curiosity and passion. Maurice DeCastro, the founder of Mindful Presenter Ltd in London, UK reveals the real truth about what it takes to craft and deliver a content rich, compelling presentation.Having spent years in the board room of some of the UK's best loved brand Maurice and the team at mindful presenter are leading the way in helping presenters connect emotionally as well as intellectually. The Mindful Presenter Truths Series is a podcast which
Maurice DeCastro hosts Mindfully Speaking, a business show with 65 episodes published.
The moment you read text on a slide out loud to your audience, you are insulting their intelligence. You are suggesting to your presentation audience that they can’t read and so you will do it for them. I haven’t met any
Have you ever sat through a presentation wondering what on earth the presenter is droning on about? If you have, it’s likely that the content was simply not relevant to you. It can be extremely frustrating listening to i
‘The mediocre presenter believes that they can run through their presentation a couple of times beforehand and if it makes sense to them then it will be fine for their audience. The Mindful Presenter does everything they
What is your message? What is the one thing you want your audience to take from your presentation when they return to their car or desk? If your audience could ‘Tweet’ the content of your presentation with one, clear mes
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin Solution – Prepare, prepare, prepare.
Death by PowerPoint is something every presentation audience has experienced. It’s broader than the bullet point phenomenon. Imagine a slide fraught with text, numbers, charts, or data. A slide crammed with data is annoy
The mediocre presenter believes that their slides are their presentation. PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides or any other visual aid software is not your presentation. High-quality presentation software can help your pre
Some presenters believe that ‘winging it’ is their way of improvising. This may work for you but it’s not fair to your audience. It’s highly likely that your audience will see that you are unprepared, and they won’t than
‘The prerequisite to a brilliant presentation, before focusing on delivery, is to ensure that your message is supported by rich, relevant and rewarding content.’ The primary purpose of any presentation is to share inform
What do you want your audience to do when you have finished presenting? If you don’t have a very clear answer to that question, it’s highly likely they won’t do anything at all with the information you share with them. S
How do you want your audience to feel? If you don’t have a very clear answer to that question, it’s highly unlikely that you will feel it yourself. If you don’t feel it the moment you begin to craft and deliver your pres
The moment a presentation audience sees a list of bullet points their hearts sink. Bullet points are a signpost that they need to brace themselves for a long, boring presentation. Solution – Use images instead! If you ha
Mindful Presenter is far more than a training and development business helping people to speak with greater confidence and impact. We are in the business of helping people to connect with each other. Connecting themselve
Public speaking and high impact presenting is about how we make people feel. It's not simply about sharing knowledge and data, that's easy. The five most important words in presenting and public speaking is Please Make M
At Mindful Presenter we don't believe that you can having a boring topic, product, service or idea to present on. We do however, believe that any presentation can be made boring because the presenter is boring. The key r
You could be the best presenter and public speaker in the world but that doesn't mean you know the answer to everything. Occasionally you will be asked a question during or after your presentation that you either don't k
If you've been following the Mindful Presenter Truth Series you will have experienced our passionate belief that high impact public speaking and presenting involves far more than simply presenting data. At the heart of o
We all need to have our physiological needs looked after, we need to feel safe, we need to feel a sense of belong and connect, we need a healthy self esteem and we all want to be the best that we can be. In public speaki
Far to many presenter prepare and deliver presentations without knowing exactly who there audience are, how much they know and how they can help them. Public speaking is about making a difference to people and the only w
Every presentation has to be personal and relevant to your audience in a specific and meaningful way. Effective public speaking and presenting isn't about simply turning up to tell your audience what you want to see. Min
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Mindfully Speaking is hosted by Maurice DeCastro. The show is categorised under business (management) and has published 65 episodes.
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