144 Why Most Corporate Presentations Suck | Tony Bulmer

Why do most corporate presentations suck? 🤔 We sat down with one of Australia's leading Presentation Coaches, Tony Bulmer, to rip apart everything you think you know about a great presentation.Invest time to listen to this episode and you'll hear:- How to cut your prep time in HALF by focusing on messaging FIRST.- How to embrace your nerves and turn them into power!- The 5 simple steps to deliver a seriously good presentation.- Why storytelling is key to building rapport with your audienceIn this episode Andrew and Tony discuss:00:15 What Tony would say to people hesitant to break away from traditional presentations, corporate comms have become worse over time, and still getting nervous after hundreds of presentations.4:40 Embrace your nerves to channel them productively, rehearse a presentation before you present it for real and break your preparation into the content and the messaging.8:25 You can cut your preparation time in half if you start with messaging, have your presentation at least 80% done without a focus on perfection and get out of your own head to enjoy your presentation.13:35 Learning to play to your audience from Michael Gerber, creating a non-presentation-based program to help people find themselves, and where you can begin training your presenting.22:25 Tony using his own slides as his notes, the 5 steps to delivering a kick ass presentation and don’t confuse being professional with being serious.27:55 Showing a bit of vulnerability to get your audience on your side, the struggle of getting people to play to their strengths and a large amount of Tony’s work can just be undoing other coaches work.37:15 The number 1 block to people being able to present better, learning to enjoy virtual presentations and being able to engage with your audience in any format is key to enjoying your presentation.48:30 Getting out of “pitch mode”, use social media as a starting point but don’t copy it directly and why Tony is so passionate about teaching others to present.54:30 Make sure you set your stories up to tell the whole thing during your presentation, Tony’s example of why storytelling is so powerful and telling your own authentic stories.1:02:55 The message of a story is the most important part, building rapport isn’t just about finding common ground and where you can find Tony.You can find Tony at his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonybulmer/?originalSubdomain=auOr at his website: https://www.bulmergroup.com/Read the paper Tony mentioned: https://performanceintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ITS-A-MATTER-OF-TRUST.pdfWatch the video from Tony: https://shorturl.at/MToDzWatch the video with Vinh: https://shorturl.at/4cj7ELook at the Barbara Minto pyramid model: https://performanceintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/maxresdefault.jpg Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at [email protected] today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcastIf you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.