Powertalk presentation skills training has been developed by Robert Burnside from two sources: personal experience and expert opinion.
Personal Experience
- making at least 2000 speeches and presentations in several different fields and languages
- winning (and losing) business presentations
- winning public speaking competitions, in Japanese and English
- writing or consulting on proposals and presentations for many companies over 17 years
- training hundreds of people in proposal writing, public speaking and presentation skills over 10 years
Expert Opinion
- books by recognized experts on powerful presentation, persuasion, charisma, communication theory and other related topics
- periodicals and academic studies related to advances in neuroscience and psychology
- short training programs on communication and related subjects