Jim Harvey

Jim is a serial entrepreneur and the MD of The Message Business, a company which helps international and FTSE 100 companies sell themselves, and their products more effectively. Jim has many years of experience speechwriting, presentation coaching and motivational speaking, all over the world.

Posts By Jim Harvey

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Competency Framework
What Do the Best Presenters and Public Speakers Do (That Makes Them Better Than the Rest)?
We have used the last 18 months to build a competency framework and a presentation skills questionnaire that will help individuals, professionals,...
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Apps & Add-ins
Decktopus – Brilliant If Speed Is What You Need
We get lots of products pitched to us here at PG. Most of them sound good but disappoint – Prezi being probably...
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Visuals
What Are the Simple Rules that Help Us Design Better Visual Aids? – Part Two
You don’t need to be a PowerPoint expert to create great slides They are a simple set of rules for you to...
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Visuals
What Are the Simple Rules that Help Us Design Better Visual Aids?
You don’t need to be a PowerPoint expert to create effective visual aids The rules I outline here are based on scientific...
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Build Real Impact
Presentation Podcast 4 – How Everyone Can Speak With Authentic Charisma
A big big thank you! Thanks to all of you that attended our podcast on storytelling – ‘How to speak with authentic...
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Case Studies
Simple Visual Aids That Work – 6 Rules for Non Designers
A BIG BIG THANK YOU! Thanks to all of you that attended the third podcast in a series of 4, ‘How to...
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Write Great Speeches
A Masterclass in Rhetoric – Make Your Words Sing Like Obama
A big big thank you! Thanks to all of you that attended our podcast on storytelling – ‘Make your words sing’ last...
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Inspiration
Storytelling 101 – A Presentation Guru Podcast
A big big thank you! Thanks to all of you that attended our first podcast on storytelling last week. We had 100...
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Visuals
There Are Only 6 Types of Slides You Should Be Using – and This Isn’t One of Them!
Simple visuals that emphasise the spoken message help the speaker and the audience in every way. Slides should only be used to...
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Role Models
The Ricky Gervais Lesson – If You’re Going to Offend, Do It on Purpose
Ricky Gervais, the overexposed English comedian, writer, and actor, hosted Hollywood’s Golden Globes for the fifth time. His four previous appearances as...
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Build Your Skills
Taking It to the Next Level: Stand up Comedy – How Hard Can It Be?
When John, Emma and I set up Presentation Guru we wanted to create a shared resource (The ‘guru’ is the community, not...
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Build Your Skills
3 Habits That Will Take Your Presentation Skills to the Next Level
There are lots of articles on here that will help you build a strong foundation as a public speaker: articles to help...

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