Hello and welcome to the third and final article dedicated to body language tells. In Part 2 of the series, I spoke about how to be an effective sender of the proper tells that reinforce a strong presentation style during a seminar. We will now see how to read the tells our audience is sending […]
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The ‘Tells’ of Body Language – Part 2: Being the Sender
Hello and welcome to the second article dedicated to body language tells. So far, we have learned about the importance of body language for the purposes of being great seminar facilitators. Using Body Language during a Seminar (being the sender) Proper use of body language can be an excellent way of enhancing a seminar. Studies […]
The ‘Tells’ of Body Language – Part 1: Importance
Hello. My name is Theo, and through the series of articles discussing body language we’ll learn how to go from this: To this: The key, my friends, are the tells of body language. The first article in this three – part series will focus on how to improve our understanding of human interaction by examining […]
Europe North Winter Conference Report
Conference is… gathering We arrived by plane, from Denmark. From Norway and the Baltic countries, many small groups did the same. Finns mostly opted for car trips oscillating between minutes and hours. A Swedish delegation arrived by ship from Stockholm. It may sound a rehearsal of Wacky Races, but there’s no “World’s Wackiest Racer” […]
BeNeLux Judge Conference Report
I arrived on Friday at a very dark and lonely parking lot. The ground was muddy, and the weather gods had just decided that now would be the perfect time for the next bit of rain. Inside our location for the weekend, things were much better. Everybody had to take off their shoes to not […]
Presenters Training Team – 2015 in Review
This year we brought you articles on seven different topics to help improve conferences where you, the readers, facilitate seminars. We also delivered a one-day facilitator development workshop in Taunton, UK, a face to face opportunity to learn and practice facilitation skills, with judges being filmed practicing their presentations and getting detailed feedback from the […]
On the Road – Part 2
Last week we started talking about preparing a seminar in special conditions: breathtaking settings in Japan and the Philippines, but time-constraints, lack of internet-connection, and sometimes even a laptop. In this second part we’ll finish the true story of a presentation that still made it, thanks to a simple and flexible method. Step 6 – […]
On the Road – Part 1
Two weeks before GP Ragnarok Judge Conference, you block time to prepare your seminar. But that’s not enough, because this week a) your kid has fever b) your boss assigns you a super-urgent project, or c) you meet the person of your life. Do not despair. You can still make it. Enter: “On the Road™: […]
Conference Policies and Guidelines: October update
The conference guidelines have been updated to reflect some recent changes in our procedures and policies. The main change is that foils now come in kits designed for 50 participants, and each conference can have up to 3 kits. The good news is that each participant now gets 8 foils (instead of 4 or 6) […]
Presentation Design Principles – Part 2
Welcome back! I guess you liked what you have seen! Thank you. And you also remember everything?!? In case you don’t (and there was a LOT of stuff), here is a short recap: – Text slide is pure evil! And has tendency to multiply and grow. So, handle with care – There are 7 rules, […]