by Rob Jolles | Mar 8, 2013 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Public Speaking
It happened again. I see it all the time. I watched as a professional speaker fell prey to the same mistake amateurs make all the time. I’m referring to losing your timing in a presentation. We’ve all seen the telltale signs. We sit through fifty minutes of a...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 22, 2013 | Motivation, Public Speaking
Go to any seminar or workshop, and you can usually count on two things: Firstly, there may be too much information presented to you. Secondly, there will probably be some sort of a giveaway. We’ll save the “too much information” issue for another BLArticle®. Right...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 8, 2013 | Motivation, Public Speaking, Sales Training
For years, I’ve specialized in two different topics: I teach people how to influence the actions of others one-on-one, and I teach people how to influence the actions of others through presentations to groups of people. I have modules that teach how to initiate a...
by Rob Jolles | Dec 14, 2012 | Corporate Communications, Motivation, Public Speaking, Sales Training
Zig Ziglar passed away a few weeks ago, and I wanted to take a moment to say, “thanks.” For those who may not know of Mr. Ziglar, let me take a moment and bring you up to speed. He was born in Alabama, the tenth of twelve children, and served in the United States...
by Rob Jolles | Nov 16, 2012 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, Public Speaking
As a student of the presentation game, I’ve watched a lot of presentations in my life. After a while, you can quickly get a sense of those that know what they’re doing, and those that struggle a bit. Unfortunately, recently I joined the ranks of the “struggle a bit”...
by Rob Jolles | Jul 27, 2012 | Corporate Communications, Motivation, Public Speaking, Sales Training
While I was conducting a seminar in Connecticut this past week, I was asked a very interesting question by one of the attendees: “When you have a lot information to present, how do you keep the audience focused on the critical information without losing their...
