Powerful Presenting For Leaders
By David Thomas global speaker and executive speaking coach
Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Category: Business
Open in Apple Podcasts
Open RSS feed
Open Website
Rate for this podcast
Subscribers: 2
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 165
Description
David Thomas, global speaker and executive speaking coach, shows leaders how to handle their nerves when presenting, really connect with their audience and walk off feeling like a presentation rockstar!
https://www.CreatingPresentationRockstars.com
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
|
#165 Do you NEED to memorise a speech?
|
Aug 15, 2025 |
|
#164 The perfect structure for EVERY talk
|
Aug 08, 2025 |
|
#163 Get Some Baubles In Your Talk
|
Jul 17, 2025 |
|
#162 Three things you need in EVERY presentation
|
May 06, 2025 |
|
#161 12 hard lessons I learned from speaking in 2023
|
Jan 21, 2024 |
|
#160 Is AI going to make presentation skills obsolete?
|
Oct 17, 2023 |
|
#159 Death to Powerpoint (as we know it)
|
Apr 03, 2023 |
|
#158 How to be the host with the most
|
Mar 27, 2023 |
|
#157 You are nowhere as special as you think you are
|
Feb 14, 2023 |
|
#156 Sometimes it just comes down to cold, hard cash
|
Jan 23, 2023 |
|
#155 Putting the fun into funeral
|
Jan 16, 2023 |
|
#154 9 presentation skills lessons learned from 2022
|
Jan 09, 2023 |
|
#153 The only barrier to success is you
|
Jan 03, 2023 |
|
#152 Best practice speaking works with best practice writing
|
Dec 12, 2022 |
|
#151 Your staff are your dream makers but do you actually treat them more like servants?
|
Dec 05, 2022 |
|
#150 Your speaking is either a hamster wheel or drilling an oil well
|
Nov 29, 2022 |
|
#149 Be prepared to try anything
|
Oct 17, 2022 |
|
#148 Stop talking like you are on TV
|
Oct 10, 2022 |
|
#147 Belt it out like you did the very first time
|
Oct 04, 2022 |
|
#146 Don't let the tail wag the dog; be a demanding diva
|
Sep 05, 2022 |
|
#145 The three sections of the presentation process
|
Aug 22, 2022 |
|
#144 Enter the conversation in the heads of the audience
|
Aug 15, 2022 |
|
#143 Having a chip on your shoulder will make you a better presenter
|
Aug 08, 2022 |
|
#142 What has memorising Pi to 22,500 digits got to do with presentation skills?
|
Aug 01, 2022 |
|
#141 How to choose a presentation skills coach
|
Jul 29, 2022 |
|
#140 How the hell do you follow the England football manager?
|
Jul 26, 2022 |
|
#139 We all have medals and scars - learn from and share both
|
Jul 08, 2022 |
|
#138 6 things to consider when choosing a presentation skills coach
|
Jul 01, 2022 |
|
#137 Learn to be a performing monkey
|
Jun 28, 2022 |
|
#136 Can you brag too much?
|
Jun 10, 2022 |
|
#135 How the most expensive car ever sold shows the value of a back story
|
Jun 03, 2022 |
|
#134 Another bunch of lessons from a new coaching experience
|
May 27, 2022 |
|
#133 19 years later and still making the same mistakes
|
May 20, 2022 |
|
#132 Lessons learned from appearing on BBC Radio 2
|
May 11, 2022 |
|
#131 Interview with a speaking legend Part 2
|
Apr 29, 2022 |
|
#130 Interview with a speaking legend Part 1
|
Apr 22, 2022 |
|
#129 Fresh Fish Sold Here - the power of brevity
|
Apr 15, 2022 |
|
#128 Don't be an idiot, professionalise your presentation skills
|
Apr 08, 2022 |
|
#127 What does the Will Smith and Chris Rock debacle teach us about offending an audience?
|
Apr 04, 2022 |
|
#126 Would you mention current affairs if your life was on the line?
|
Mar 25, 2022 |
|
#125 Dead ducks don't quack
|
Mar 11, 2022 |
|
#124 Most nervous day EVER as a presentation skills coach
|
Mar 04, 2022 |
|
#123 Speaking can be as much about validation as education
|
Feb 26, 2022 |
|
#122 Variety is the spice of life, especially in speaking
|
Jan 28, 2022 |
|
#121 When you get to the top, you need a different set of presentation skills
|
Jan 21, 2022 |
|
#120 Brag like mad and create a halo effect
|
Jan 14, 2022 |
|
#119 Bite off more than you can handle and chew like hell
|
Jan 07, 2022 |
|
#118 Ten lessons I learned about presenting in 2021
|
Dec 31, 2021 |
|
#117 Grow a backbone and address the elephant in the room
|
Dec 17, 2021 |
|
#116 That horrendous feeling you get when talking to an ice cold audience
|
Dec 13, 2021 |
|
#115 Always match your message to the audience
|
Dec 03, 2021 |
|
#114 If there's only one job, you have to be different to the rest
|
Nov 19, 2021 |
|
#113 Pre-presentation is everything
|
Nov 12, 2021 |
|
#112 A beautiful pillow and marginal gains
|
Nov 05, 2021 |
|
#111 JK Rowling or Jeffrey Archer?
|
Oct 22, 2021 |
|
#110 Managing interruptions
|
Oct 15, 2021 |
|
#109 Why are you even here today?
|
Oct 08, 2021 |
|
#108 Don't be an informer; become an interpreter
|
Oct 01, 2021 |
|
#107 What is the price you are prepared to pay for your words to be valuable?
|
Sep 24, 2021 |
|
#106 Perfectionism is a killer
|
Sep 17, 2021 |
|
#105 You should use what people are interested in
|
Sep 10, 2021 |
|
#104 Lessons from a world class comedian
|
Sep 03, 2021 |
|
#103 How improving presentation skills is life changing
|
Aug 20, 2021 |
|
#102 An Aspen school teacher can show you the error of your speaking ways
|
Aug 13, 2021 |
|
#101 You are a right lazy bugger - but so are your audiences
|
Aug 06, 2021 |
|
#100 Why it is easier to get a no than a yes
|
Jul 30, 2021 |
|
#99 You might feel like telling a challenger to f**k off but just hold your horses
|
Jul 23, 2021 |
|
#98 You are the presenter because you are better than your audience
|
Jul 16, 2021 |
|
#97 Erms and ahs are poison in presenting
|
Jul 09, 2021 |
|
#96 Asking an audience a question is like herding cats
|
Jul 02, 2021 |
|
#95 Exit Interview With A Client - Part III
|
Jun 25, 2021 |
|
#94 Exit Interview With A Client - Part II
|
Jun 18, 2021 |
|
#93 Exit Interview With A Client - Part I
|
Jun 11, 2021 |
|
#92 Finally......back face to face with an audience
|
Jun 07, 2021 |
|
#91 You are deluded if you think remote presenting will disappear
|
May 21, 2021 |
|
#90 Stop hiding behind your team
|
May 14, 2021 |
|
#89 Do NOT, under any circumstances, think of a pink elephant!
|
May 07, 2021 |
|
#88 Why I stopped doing this podcast and why I started again
|
Apr 30, 2021 |
|
#87 Training can be good but it is only coaching that will make you a presentation rockstar
|
Mar 12, 2021 |
|
#86 Stop focussing on features and benefits in your presentations!
|
Mar 05, 2021 |
|
#85 The most extraordinary coaching session ever (and not in a good way)
|
Feb 26, 2021 |
|
#84 Does one size fits all truly exist for speaking?
|
Feb 05, 2021 |
|
#83 You MUST be the right presenter and the right fit
|
Jan 29, 2021 |
|
#82 This book could be the difference between life and death
|
Jan 22, 2021 |
|
#81 Time to find out what you don't know
|
Jan 15, 2021 |
|
#80 It's time....to get your remote speaking up to scratch
|
Jan 08, 2021 |
|
#79 The 20 things David has learned in 2020
|
Dec 31, 2020 |
|
#78 Excuses make me want to punch people in the face
|
Dec 24, 2020 |
|
#77 A media interview is a great opportunity for best presentation practice
|
Dec 17, 2020 |
|
#76 Just because they don't like you doesn't mean they don't care
|
Dec 06, 2020 |
|
#75 The best starts to speeches ever written
|
Nov 29, 2020 |
|
#74 Nobody is paying attention to you
|
Nov 23, 2020 |
|
#73 Just be like Leonardo DiCaprio
|
Oct 25, 2020 |
|
#72 David is turning his back on his principles
|
Oct 18, 2020 |
|
#71 This old dog is learning new tricks
|
Oct 11, 2020 |
|
#70 Never presume to know what an audience is thinking
|
Oct 04, 2020 |
|
#69 Forget perfection, it's not worth the effort
|
Sep 27, 2020 |
|
#68 Sort your head out and you'll be fine
|
Sep 18, 2020 |
|
#67 Incredible presenting can actually create an identity shift
|
Sep 11, 2020 |
|
#66 All you can do is be the best version of yourself when you present
|
Sep 04, 2020 |
|
#65 Always remember the golden minute in EVERY presentation
|
Aug 28, 2020 |
|
#64 Are the desired outcomes of the presentation those of the audience or yours?
|
Aug 21, 2020 |
|
#63 The difference between being a leader and being THE leader
|
Aug 14, 2020 |
|
#62 Being a brilliant presenter is not about changing one thing by 100%
|
Aug 07, 2020 |
|
#61 Don't put the cart before the horse
|
Aug 07, 2020 |
|
#60 I had better practice what I preach
|
Jul 31, 2020 |
|
#59 If it's good for business, it's good for presenting
|
Jul 28, 2020 |
|
#58 What the hell is virtue signalling?
|
Jul 13, 2020 |
|
#57 Courage is what makes leaders presentation rockstars - have you got it?
|
Jul 03, 2020 |
|
#56 Even if we sometimes don't know what to say, we always know what we think and feel and we definitely know what to do.
|
Jun 26, 2020 |
|
#55 Remote speaking is here to stay - learn it or go the same way as the dinosaurs
|
May 26, 2020 |
|
#54 Second half of LIVE Q&A
|
May 18, 2020 |
|
#53 How did David handle doing a LIVE Q&A?
|
May 03, 2020 |
|
#52 Remote Keynote Speech Part 2
|
Apr 19, 2020 |
|
#51 Remote Keynote Speech Part 1
|
Apr 10, 2020 |
|
#50 Navigating the coronavirus speaking desert
|
Mar 31, 2020 |
|
#49 What is the one number in business that we should all avoid?
|
Mar 11, 2020 |
|
#48 I don't care what you believe - tell me what you know
|
Mar 04, 2020 |
|
#47 Improving your presentation skills is supposed to be hard
|
Feb 26, 2020 |
|
#46 Don't learn interesting, just unlearn boring
|
Feb 19, 2020 |
|
#45 Moderate your presentation according to the audience
|
Feb 12, 2020 |
|
#44 There are only two types of presenters
|
Feb 05, 2020 |
|
#43 EVERY time you speak, it's a presentation
|
Jan 31, 2020 |
|
#42 Use every trick at your disposal to keep your audience fully engaged
|
Jan 22, 2020 |
|
#41 Feel the fear and say it anyway
|
Jan 17, 2020 |
|
#40 10 things David learned in 2019
|
Jan 13, 2020 |
|
#39 The first time David has been nervous in 15 years
|
Dec 18, 2019 |
|
#38 Music is brilliant for changing the state of your audience
|
Nov 27, 2019 |
|
#37 We don't know what we don't know
|
Nov 22, 2019 |
|
#36 Death makes things become very real very quickly
|
Nov 19, 2019 |
|
#35 Advice from a world champion - no, not David
|
Nov 06, 2019 |
|
#34 Learn to manage or remove because it's unlikely that it will go away on its own
|
Oct 25, 2019 |
|
#33 Be the best version of yourself in front of every audience
|
Oct 16, 2019 |
|
#32 Lessons learned from his first bodybuilding competition
|
Oct 09, 2019 |
|
#31 Where are you on the spectrum of certainty?
|
Oct 02, 2019 |
|
#30 Any presentation is the sum of many parts
|
Sep 25, 2019 |
|
#29 Have you got what it takes to go up the value chain?
|
Sep 18, 2019 |
|
#28 Believe it or not, the best person to help conquer your nerves is you
|
Sep 11, 2019 |
|
#27 The most boring story ever told
|
Sep 04, 2019 |
|
#26 The day David went to prison
|
Aug 28, 2019 |
|
#25 Have you got what it takes to accept brutal feedback?
|
Aug 21, 2019 |
|
#24 How to challenge your audience without hurting them
|
Aug 14, 2019 |
|
#23 Do what others won't or can't
|
Aug 07, 2019 |
|
#22 The single most important part of any speech
|
Jul 31, 2019 |
|
#21 Speeches are like cars
|
Jul 24, 2019 |
|
#20 The benefits of improving presentation skills
|
Jul 17, 2019 |
|
#19 Set your talk alight or watch it turn to ashes
|
Jul 11, 2019 |
|
#18 David is still a good Boy Scout
|
Jul 03, 2019 |
|
#17 Interview with Chris Stanford, Managing Director of Arden Wood Shavings
|
Jul 02, 2019 |
|
#16 Time to remove your bad speaking habits
|
Jun 05, 2019 |
|
#15 Learn how to tell a bloody good story
|
May 29, 2019 |
|
#14 What do you really, truly stand for?
|
May 22, 2019 |
|
#13 Contrary to popular opinion, age is a beautiful thing
|
May 15, 2019 |
|
#12 Even negative feedback is good
|
May 08, 2019 |
|
#11 Control your speaking environment
|
May 01, 2019 |
|
#10 The difference between nervous and excited
|
Apr 24, 2019 |
|
#9 Get a coach and stop reading motivational quotes
|
Apr 17, 2019 |
|
#8 You're the boss so get involved
|
Mar 12, 2019 |
|
#7 How to be a better parent
|
Mar 07, 2019 |
|
#6 Work to the level above
|
Mar 02, 2019 |
|
#5 Let others see your greatness
|
Feb 25, 2019 |
|
#4 To memorise or not
|
Feb 05, 2019 |
|
#3 Everything is a presentation
|
Feb 04, 2019 |
|
#2 It is bloody awful when audiences don't like us
|
Jan 30, 2019 |
|
#1 Are you too weak to change?
|
Jan 08, 2019 |