Your speech or presentation is about your audience, not you.
Why you shouldn’t write or say “loads of work,” “tons of support” or other phrases that don’t make literal sense.
The best way to communicate an important point or insight is to put it into story form. Here’s why.
Metaphorical references can sometimes create confusion among colleagues.
“Meeting canceled. We’re all very busy, so let’s consider this hour ‘found time’ and make some progress.”
Your staff will thank you.
If you have to call meetings with your staff (and you should consider seriously whether or not you really do), avoid making your meetings look like this.
The worst thing you can do to start a presentation is thank people. What they hear in those all-important first few seconds is not you being polite — it’s you being boring.
