Freaking out

I used to freak out about doing presentations.

I panicked so much that I’d have to make multiple toilet runs before the time and then, once I got started my neck would go red and hot which made me even more nervous and self-conscious.

Even though I would spend hours (and hours, and hours) practicing I would still sometimes freeze, get stuck or forget what I wanted to say.  This would send me into a panic which, of course, just made things worse and I’d feel disappointed, embarrassed and humiliated afterwards.

This set off a vicious cycle where I would panic even more before the next presentation.

Hard work pays off and the penny drops

I kept on learning from attending numerous courses and watching other presenters and through practice, even though it was very hard to put so much work into it only to still be left feeling so overwhelmed and disappointed.

Then one day in 2003 I attended a course in London where it suddenly dawned on me exactly what the presenter was doing that made them so good.  As the penny dropped I started doing what I saw him do which made a huge difference to the way that I started to approach and deliver my own presentations.  My red neck also got resolved with the help of Energy Psychology ‘tapping’ – which is now an essential part of #FILWP – and I’ve never gone red in my neck again, ever, almost 20 years later.

In Love With Presenting

After that tough beginning I now love the art of presenting and teaching it and have now presented at over 300 events in 15 countries and on-line, with the aim to add a new country every year.

Because it takes time to change the way your brain works

Even though there are lots of miracle stories about people who experienced life-changing transformation in a nano-second, for the rest of us mere mortals it usually takes a bit longer (and usually requires a willingness to put in the effort to do the work.)

#FILWP helps you experience change over the three or 4 days that would not be possible in one day, by:

• helping you reduce your fear and increase your confidence and self-esteem
• teaching you practical and easy-to-implement steps to doing great presentations

Other than a brief overview of what makes slides effective or ineffective, no.

Making slides is a speciality in itself, and #FILWP starts with the most important part of a good presentation – a grounded, confident ‘you’, and a proven recipe of the steps needed.

Yes.

I’ve been using and teaching these skills in corporate environments since 2017 with great success.

As a corporate you have a choice between sending your team members to one of the public events or arranging a #FILWP for your team only.

Chat to me for more details.

Yes.

If you prefer to work with me to either overcome your fear of public speaking or to prepare for a specific presentation, scroll down to the bottom of the page and message me.

Have An Important Presentation Coming Up?

When you have an important presentation coming up – a sales demo, stakeholder, shareholder or company presentation, team meeting or public talk – you might be unsure of what to put in and leave out, or of how to best present the content.  You might be nervous about dealing with a tough crowd, or anxious that you will make an idiot of yourself, forgetting what you wanted to say or not being able to answer questions.  Maybe even the thought of doing this presentation already sends your heart racing and your palms sweating.

Doing a course might the last thing you feel like doing now.

Helping You Focus

During a private session with you or your team, I will help you to:

Overcome nervousness so that you are more confident

Customise the content so that it really lands with the audience 

Prepare yourself in such a way that it’s easy to remember what you want to say

Engage the audience in a way that’s appropriate for the particular audience

Getting Started

To start, let’s have a conversation to determine what needs to be done, after which you’l receive a quote estimate to decide if you’d like us to work together.