I had a very enjoyable day today with the lovely people at Chichester Diocesan Family Support Work doing the second day of our Presentation Skills course. As promised I’m adding my PowerPoint Slides - presentation-skills-day-two1.

The step-by-step guide to beginning a PowerPoint presentation from scratch seemed to go well too and I’ll upload this here. using-powerpoint

I always find running Presentation Skills courses very emotional.  I really enjoy watching people really come out of their shells and start sharing their expertise and their personality. One participant was really interested in the quote by Marianne Williamson which is often wrongly attributed to Nelson Mandela which reflects this wonderful flowering which people experience when they build confidence in public speaking- here is the quote in full.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

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