by Martyn Barmby | 29 January, 2014 | Authenticity, Blog, Building Confidence, Leadership, Nerves, Perception, Personal Profile, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking
Part 2: If you enjoy Public Speaking it can provide a great boost to your profile, plus some top tips for building confidence and overcoming nerves. Q: What do you look at when you speak? A: I always look at the audience. In the past at a big conference the lighting...
by Martyn Barmby | 2 October, 2013 | Building Confidence, Nerves, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking
Part 1: Putting the audience’s needs at the heart of public speaking. I saw Eva Eisenschimmel, Group Culture Director of Lloyds Banking Group talk on September 3rd 2013 at Bloomberg as part of CIM’s 2013 Growth Summit. She gave a powerful keynote presentation that...
by Martyn Barmby | 24 June, 2013 | Blog, Nerves, Voice
Last Saturday I went to an open morning hosted by my excellent career coach Simon Scantlebury. The keynote public speaker was Frank Dick OBE and as a sports fan and communications coach I was definitely interested to hear his message. I wasn’t disappointed. Simon...
by Martyn Barmby | 3 June, 2013 | Blog, Building Confidence, Nerves
I’m an amateur triathlete and chose the sport because of the variety. But I also chose it because initially both the swim and the cycle sections filled me with fear. We spend a lot of our time at MSB Executive helping people to overcome their fears of...
by Martyn Barmby | 9 February, 2013 | Featured, Nerves, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking
Public Speaking Dilemmas I met someone at the RSA AGM this week and they mentioned that they had been critiqued for referring to their notes too much during a recent piece of public speaking. They asked for my thoughts on using notes. My reply was that it depends on...
by Martyn Barmby | 2 October, 2012 | Interview Skills, Nerves
When working with nervous interviewees we often get questioned on our advice to arrive early to an interview. “If I arrive early”, one client insisted, “my nerves always get the better of me”. And watching the “Miracle at Medinah” unfold last night at the Ryder Cup...