by Joanna Denton | Sep 14, 2021 | Blog, Public speaking, Telling your story
“We are running over – please can you just summarise the main points in five minutes.” The words everyone dreads when they have just spent the last two weeks working on their twenty-minute presentation. If there is one thing you must do when you are...
by Joanna Denton | Sep 9, 2021 | Blog, Play bigger, Practical tips to be awesome!, Rewire out of fear, Thrive
When you have delegated something to your team member, and they get stuck – how often do you just tell them what to do so they get unstuck? I know that this can be really tempting, especially when you are up against time pressure, or a bit of a recovering...
by Joanna Denton | Sep 7, 2021 | Blog, Conference speaking, Effective rehearsals, From technical to accessible, Handling stage fright, Public speaking, Telling your story
You don’t need big words or to speak like the queen – you just need to get the message across. I was recently reminded of the first time that I coached speakers for a conference. It was back in 2009, and the speakers were two of my junior managers preparing to speak...
by Joanna Denton | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog, Conference speaking, Practical tips to be awesome!, Public speaking, Rewire out of fear
Imagine if, on days when you are about to do something in life or in work that scares you, you could have an easy way to remember that “You got this”? Well, you can, with your “Badass list”, based on an exercise I learned from Jen Gottlieb and Chris Winfield...
by Joanna Denton | Aug 31, 2021 | Avoid burnout, Blog, Rewire out of fear, Thrive
Let’s talk about the boundaries we set for ourselves. There are a lot of articles written about boundaries – mainly about setting boundaries with others – your friends or family, your boss, other third parties. Strangely, I have come across fewer articles...
by Joanna Denton | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog, Public speaking, Telling your story
Have you ever watched an interview with a celebrity or thought leader and marveled at the stories they tell so easily and fluently, seemingly off the cuff? Or listened to a speaker illustrate their presentation with wonderful stories that are apt and appropriate? But...
