Stage fright: why telling presenters to "just relax" just doesn't work
Presenters suffer stage fright for a variety of reasons, which shows that a variety of solutions is required.
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How to overcome three problems unique to hybrid events
Hybrid events are not just a matter of throwing together all the aspects of physical and virtual events into one. As a presenter, here are three critical learnings you must get your head around.
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How to be an introvert and still feel comfortable speaking in public
Everyone can present well. Even if you are camera shy and reserved there are bound to be facets of your personality that allow you to step confidently on stage, without stepping out of your comfort zone.
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When a part of you can't speak in public, apply a part of you that can
We are all multi-faceted personalities. No one is totally, consistently in the same frame of mind all the time. Sometimes you're up, sometimes down. Sometimes you prefer to do things a certain way, at other times you want to try a new approach. Every day you make unconscious decisions about which facet of your personality to apply in any given situation. These decisions are within your control.
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Winners of Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards 2020 announced
A union chief, a watch collector, a data scientist and a durian candy maker among winners of Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards 2020 CEOs of NTUC Fairprice, Carousell, Japfa Ltd and Lifeline Medical win Singapore Awards Data scientist and CEO of Sunshine Kingdom win Awards in Malaysia Awards supported by Asia Pacific Association of Communications Directors
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How to apply the principles of TV news presentation to make video conferences engaging and productive
It’s time to get serious about how you appear in video conferences and live webcasts. They’re here to stay, even after COVID-related lockdowns end – yet I’m still hearing them described as boring, disengaged, ineffective and waste of time. Phrases like “screen fatigue”, “technical difficulties” and “you’re on mute” have entered our global consciousness. So, we've done something about it.
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How useful is PowerPoint's automated Presenter Coach?
We road-tested PowerPoint's automated Presenter Coach - here are our findings.
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How we help introverts present
Why are some people such naturals at presentations, and what can you do if you are not but your job requires public speaking? We have found the answer to both these questions, as HBM's Mark Laudi explains.
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Why you shouldn't worry how your voice sounds
Mark Laudi demonstrates using a special kind of headphones, made by Australia's Nuraphone.
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Top Glove’s Dr Lim Wee Chai scores a knockout with his glove
Dr Lim Wee Chai of Top Glove dons a glove and talks clearly about his company's ambitions
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Tom Chng brings out the human face of watches in online interview
Think about watch collectors and you might imagine technical discussions about watch faces, dials, or movements. But Tom Chng of the Singapore Watch Club goes into the stories of each watch, making us nominate him for the Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards 2020.
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Dr Lau Cher Han breaks through the complexity of data in BFM interview
Data has been described as the new oil, yet in trying to explain it on camera you run the risk of either boring or confusing your audience. Thankfully viewers can turn to Dr Lau Cher Han, who uses analogies to break down the complexity so well that we are nominating him for the Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards 2020.
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