Cátia Isabel Silva
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Sales Presentations – 7 ways to become top-seller
If you ask 10 people you know about selling, at least 6 of them will say, “I’m not very good at selling.” That’s because they mainly focus on the wrong aspects when trying to convince someone to buy a product. There are many different types of sales presentations. It can be a one-on-one conversation, a…
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“Tell me about yourself.”
Do you remember that first day of school, when the teacher would ask you to stand up and “Tell the class about yourself.”? You would probably close your eyes, take a deep breath, and wish very hard that some natural catastrophe would destroy the whole school at that very moment. Now that you’re an adult,…
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How to give truly constructive feedback
Feedback is vital to improve your work performance. The same is valid for public speaking – receiving good feedback is a huge help to improve your presentations. However, you may have a hard time getting constructive feedback. When you want to help someone, telling them what they want to hear is hardly the way. Learning…
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Fight your anxiety: allow yourself to be bad.
Self-deprecated humor is a shield most comedians use to fight their insecurities and anxieties. They learn how to laugh at themselves to raise their confidence. Like them, we all have insecurities that will harm our performance if we don’t find a way to deal with them. Why are we so scared when stepping up a…
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9 things that are alienating your audience
You prepared this fantastic presentation. You have everything ready, and yet… your audience isn’t engaging. Why? It is a fact that some audiences are particularly difficult, but it is the speaker’s job to find a way to reach them. In fact, most of the time, if the audience isn’t engaging, it is because you’re doing…
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Virtual Slides Trainer – may slides never harm your talk again
When was the last time you saw a presentation without any type of visual aids? How many times were those aids in slide format? While this is not always the best course of action, slides are part of the presentation world. You can’t avoid them. Whether you agree with their use or not, you are…
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Why is recording the worst-best public speaking training tool
Recording your presentation and watching it is one of the best training procedures. The idea of rehearsing in front of a mirror is completely outdated, and, honestly, it was never a good idea. When you are performing, you should focus exclusively on the performance. You can’t do this while looking at a mirror, evaluating how…
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6 questions you must ask to prepare a better speech
Having your audience profile is essential to adapt your presentation to who they are and what they’re expecting from you. It is not always that easy, though. The audience can be too heterogeneous, or you could not have that much information about them. So many variables can make your job harder. There will never be…
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Public Speaking Courses in VR: Take your Virtual Orator experience to the next level
Virtual Orator was built as a highly flexible tool for realistic public speaking practice, tailored to your situation and need. The trainer or user has control of many settings: venue, audience size, audience behavior patterns, slides, notes, feedback, and more. The introduction of courses to Virtual Orator takes this flexibility and bundles it into a…
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When Success Feels Stolen: The Battle Against Impostor Syndrome
“I’m not good enough for this.” “What am I doing here?” “I’ve got everything I have by luck.” “What if they find out I’m not that good?” “I’m a fraud. I don’t know how to do this.” Have any of these thoughts ever crossed your mind? How many times? Having second thoughts or developing a…
