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How a shy engineer turned into a powerful communicator
It was spring of many many years ago in Italy, I was probably 12 or 13 years old, we were at some family and friends reunion. I have always been quite shy, a very different kid than the adult I am right now, definitely not the same capalbe communicator that could...
3 Creative Ways To Use The Presentation Design Canvas
The Presentation Design Canvas The Presentation Design Canvas is a great tool to prepare presentations and speeches. It’s 9 boxes give everyone, even those who never have done a presentation in their lives, all the tools to be prepared, to be confident, to have an...
5 Revealing Signs Telling That You Need Presentation Coaching in 2021
If you took a poll of all of your co-workers and asked them what was one of their biggest work-related fears, they would mention something about public speaking. Whether it’s presenting in front of a large audience or only a few people in a meeting, something about...
I stole 3 tricks from Jeff Bezos and Jeff Weiner. And it worked.
Meeting madness Last year I made a sales call, it was a “warm lead”: I got introduced by a friend and managed to connect pretty easily with the person on the phone. The discussion went smoothly but when I asked when we could meet face to face the person said: “Let me...
Four things I learned as a coach
Few weeks ago I started a new presentation coaching journey with a coachee. The first thing I had to make sure was to set the expectations right and to explain what coaching is and what coaching isn’t because setting expectations is everything. What coaching isn’t...
Four key takeaways from giving a TEDx presentation
…or “Everything is easy in hindsight” When I got invited by Riccardo to participate to TEDx Pompeii last year (2015) I was thrilled and worried: what a great stage… but will I live up to it? I had done plenty of talks but this was kind of different, it was TED. During...