Graham Davies
@GDPresCoach
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Graham Davies is the go-to expert in the UK for Senior Executives, Celebrities and Politicians who need to present better under pressure.
Kensington, London
Joined July 2017
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For the best possible presentation performance under pressure, you don't just need the right mindset. You also need the right HEARTset. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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When you are presenting, careful pre-performance calculation is more important than sparkling spontaneity. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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This is probably the most dispiriting thing that a client has ever said to me: "Don't worry Graham. I have massively reduced the slide-count. Now I am only going to show 30. Maybe 35 tops." #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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A picture may be worth a thousand words. But this does NOT mean that you should try to cram a thousand words on every slide. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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Presentation is a sport. You can only play it well if you PRACTISE it well. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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In all your presentations, be far less concerned about information than you are about persuasion. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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The more words you put on a slide, the less compelling it will be. The MOST compelling slides are those with no words at all. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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A remarkably effective way of making sure that a comment upsets the maximum number of people is to finish it with the words "just sayin". #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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Effective presentation has 2 distinct phases: 1. Deciding what to say 2. Saying it For optimal performance, between 1 and 2 there needs to be a GAP. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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When you are preparing and performing a virtual presentation, always assume that your worst enemy will be able to access a recording and show it to the rest of the world. #presentationcoach
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Editing is the process that changes what you could say into what you SHOULD say. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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Giving someone unasked for feedback on their speech goes down as well as a punch in the stomach. As I said to the ambulance driver. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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If your presentation is perfectly predictable, it is also eminently ignorable. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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Amateurs edit and rehearse their presentations until they are good. Professionals edit and rehearse until they are OUTSTANDING. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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Every professional gymnastic routine finishes with a precisely brilliant DISMOUNT. So should your speech #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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Even the smallest of businesses can use the punchiest of Micro-Messages. I saw this one a sign outside a Bespoke Laundry in Malta: "Instant washing. Instant ironing. Instant sewing. YOU CAN DROP YOUR PANTS HERE!" #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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I once saw someone deliver a speech about the need to Listen More And Talk Less. It took them nearly an hour. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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If you ask an audience to travel too far, it makes them ferociously determined to stay exactly where they are. #presentationcoach #presentationadvice
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If you are going to rely on memory alone, it's not good enough to just learn your speech. You have to OWN it. #presentationcoach
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