Slide Farms – Another Kick in the Teeth for Audiences?
What do audiences want? Great presentation storytelling or nice Powerpoint design? Ideally both, but the rise of ‘Slide Farms’ could tip the scales in the wrong direction. Are they feeding the PowerPoint Monster at the cost of audience engagement?
Donning Lycra for Charity (Again)
For quite some time now, I have gotten a bizarre yet very specific kick out of setting myself personal challenges that charities can benefit from. I like the challenges that make people’s faces screw up when you tell them what you are doing –
Building a Better Business – ‘Eyeful Badges’
Presentations are so much more than fancy design and a great presentation company is made up of people who are experts in more than one field…We have incredible storytellers, market leading presentation designers, not forgetting amazing presentation skills trainers. Welcome to Eyeful Presentations.
Train yourself to sales success
Sales & Pitch presentations are interesting beasts. Get them right, and you feel like a Superhero; get them wrong, and you can feel the ground swallowing you up. The team here at Eyeful Presentations want to help you make this the year of improving your skillset (as well as your mindset).
Why NOW is the time for a New Presentation Event
Present To Succeed, a global conference that features the great and the good from the Presentation sector. Learn more about this important event and how to join the thousands of attendees by following the links on the page.
Dedicated Follower of Fashion? Why Your Presentations Skills Need A Capsule Wardrobe
We’re all influenced by fashion (yes, even me). The world of presentations is not immune to the vagaries of fashion. Presentation technology fads come and go with remarkable frequency. Prezi is perhaps the highest-profile of these – its impact on presenters burned bright for some time.
Tech Talk: How to make Zoom Recordings less, um, Zoom-y?
I think it is fair to say we’ve all had enough Zoom meetings. So, if you’re going to share a recording of your meeting.. step away from this tired format. But if the content is valuable, surely it deserves to be captured and shared in the highest quality possible?
Presentation Agency Podcast – Present To Succeed
Presentation folk like a chat. Given half a chance to talk about the power of storytelling, valuable visuals and or exciting new tech, we can happily talk for hours. However, a recent podcast conversation with Boris Hristov, the brain behind the upcoming Present To...
Presentations That Deliver – Pitching to the Public Sector
It’s always a pleasure to share customer success stories. After all, the best people to talk about the impact of our services are the very people we have helped. However, this particular success stories goes beyond a hearty slap on the back for our content and design...
International Women’s Day – Choose To Challenge
International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women all across the globe. Here at Eyeful it is important for us to acknowledge and recognise the power and importance...
Business Presentations – Three Chords & The Truth?
It's amazing where you find inspiration. The last few soggy weekends have found me digging deep into Amazon Prime, where I happened across a documentary celebrating the Nashville songwriting community. Songs like ‘A Little Less Conversation’ and ‘Whiskey Lullaby’?...
Sales & Marketing Content – Darwinism In Action?
We’ll be the first to acknowledge that the phrase ‘Content is King’ has become a little trite. For decades, we and companies like Eyeful have extolled the virtues of crafting content that connects and drives action from audiences. And it’s paid huge dividends for our...
Training that flexes with your presentation team
Like me, you’re probably bored of people talking about the seismic changes experienced by the business world over the last 12 months. Phrases like ‘new normal’ and ‘unprecedented times’ now bounce off me so readily that I don’t even notice them. But some things really...
Training: Tailored…But Off-The-Peg
I’m a funny shape. My long torso and short legs have been the bane of my life for many reasons, including finding a suit that fits. I don’t want (or, frankly, need) a bespoke suit crafted from scratch by the finest tailors of the land, but equally, anything I chose...
There was much more to the last 12 months than just Covid…
2020 was tough - very tough - for many. But it also prompted us to reappraise the way we work, from turning sales processes on their heads to forcing a rethink of traditional marketing strategies almost overnight. Old rules had to be broken and, truth be told, many...
In Conversation’ with Coach & Bestselling Author Caroline Goyder
The latest in our ‘In Conversation’ videos features the brilliant presentation coach and author, Caroline Goyder. You may know Caroline from her immensely popular TED Talk (8.6 million views and counting), her best selling books or you even may have been lucky enough...
Seeing the wood for the trees
Death by PowerPoint doesn’t happen because you’re rubbish at PowerPoint. It doesn’t happen because your slides are ugly. It doesn’t happen when you nervously trip over your words. Nope. Death by PowerPoint happens when you cram too much content into a presentation....
Why ‘Start with Why’ Could Spell Disaster for your Next Presentation
Simon Sinek published his best-selling book ‘Start with Why in 2009. Since then, his message has been a runaway success. He’s graced the stages of TED, is repeatedly quoted across business social media, and he’s now fronting a successful channel on YouTube. Simon’s...
Remote Ready Refreshed – Tech is not a Panacea
The weather has been a hot topic of conversation since we entered this ‘new normal’ of working from home. From slavishly watching reports on impending monsoons to fervent prayers for one final splash of sunshine, we’ve been hooked. This puts the weather presenter...
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Simon Sinek published his best-selling book ‘Start with Why in 2009. Since then, his message has been a runaway success. He’s graced the stages of TED, is repeatedly quoted across business social media, and he’s now fronting a successful channel on YouTube.
