Episodes

  • 146. David Beckett On The Business Of Pitch Coaching
    Jun 29 2026

    David Beckett, a pitch coach from The Netherlands, talks about the business of pitch coaching (one of the niches of presentation coaching), including how he got started, what he has learned from the audience members, etc.

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    38 mins
  • 145. Dr Nil Madi On Your Audience's Pre-existing Emotional State
    Jun 27 2026

    Dr Nil Madi goes into the pre-existing emotional state of your audience members before you even begin your presentation, and the folly of thinking you can control the fluctuations in that emotional state during your presentation.

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    32 mins
  • 144. Taner Albayrak On The Upside
    Jun 20 2026

    Taner Albayrak, a co-founder of a university in Istanbul, goes into the value of having good communication skills on board a ship particularly, and in your career in general.

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    32 mins
  • 143. Memet Yazıcı On Founder-led Sales
    Jun 20 2026

    Memet Yazıcı returns to the podcast to talk about the founder-led sales transition and what that transition means for the psychology of the founder and for the message that is going out to the customer.

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    36 mins
  • 142. Juris-Imprudence: How Modern Law Lost Its Way
    May 18 2026

    Matt interviews Istanbul attorney Can Işıktaç on regulatory tit-for-tat. In a future episode, Alper and Matt will explore this issue further, and what we can take away from it in a presentations and communications setting.

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    29 mins
  • 141. The Four Things
    May 6 2026

    Alper goes into the four things you need to consider in the early stages of preparing your presentation. These are things you need to do before opening your slide design software.


    And oh, by the way, make sure you are not using Prezi.

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    23 mins
  • 140. On Nervousness And What To Do With It
    Mar 25 2026

    With this episode, the podcast reaches its 4th anniversary. Alper goes into dealing with nervousness, and specifically, the importance of reframing it as what it is.


    And, by the way, don't ever expect your nervousness to go away, no matter how experienced you are. Alper has been doing a webinar for four years, and still gets nervous, and Matt, even after doing this podcast for four years, still gets nervous before each episode.


    Reframe your nervousness, don't try to conquer it.

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    26 mins
  • 139. On POV: What It Is, What Hurdles It Needs To Clear, How To Make It, Etc.
    Mar 13 2026

    Matt and Alper dive into the subject of POV (point of view), it being a significant part of Matt's business.

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    32 mins