by Olivia Mitchell | Content
Sometimes your audience needs defusing. You may know ahead of time that the audience is likely to be hostile to your ideas, or there may be a big issue looming over them which distracts them from listening to your presentation. Or they may simply not be that...
by Olivia Mitchell | Content, Presentation critiques
Leo Babauta from the blog Zen Habits recently posted his Top 5 most inspirational videos on YouTube. I hadn’t come across this remix of a speech by Will Smith (the remix is by TeamJonny5 – I’ve edited it slightly). It’s only 1 min 19 sec so...
by Olivia Mitchell | Content
Pop psychology culture says focus on the positive. But if you do, you’re missing out on huge persuasive power. In Yes: 50 secrets from the science of persuasion Robert Cialdini and his co-authors explore the concept of “loss aversion”. Loss aversion...