The art of pitching
What’s the difference between a great idea and a funded startup? A compelling pitch. When you have just minutes to convince investors to believe in your vision, every word counts.
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Communication is leadership — leadership is communication.
Last week Ordrum’s Erik Mattsson led a session on the theme “Communication in the Leadership Role” as part of Uppsala University’s program Leading and Developing in Academia, arranged by the Career…
How AI improves your rhetoric – without replacing the human touch
It may sound contradictory, but the combination of human and artificial intelligence is actually a game changer for modern communication. The key lies in using AI strategically – where the…
The art of getting your message across
Sometimes someone else sums up what you are talking about better than you can yourself. And that happened here at Chalmers University this week. Thank you, Areej R.
The next generation of creative AI designers
Listen up! All of you who work at companies and government agencies around Sweden and are looking for AI expertise. Here comes the next generation of smart, creative AI designers…
Storyselling – when you go from selling a product to selling a service
Philips sells light, not lamps. SKF sells rotation, not ball bearings. Rolls-Royce sells power per hour, not aircraft engines. It is becoming increasingly common, and there are good reasons, for…
Authorities are not just about law and justice
Authorities are not just regulations and decisions. They are people who meet people. And in every meeting – in-person or online – the image of public service is shaped. When…
Academic Leadership in Europe
As part of the ENLIGHT academic leadership programme, top leaders from ten European universities met in Uppsala today. The theme of the day was leadership in a multicultural world. It…
Simplifying the complex
Ordrum through Erik Mattsson had the privilege of holding a course in rhetoric during the master’s program “Applied Communication” at…
Autumn is finally here
The autumn job season is underway, and we look forward to communication training courses with SKF Group, Uppsala University, Karolinska Institutet, Södersjukhuset, the Swedish Bar Association, Chalmers University of Technology,…
Signpost
Signpost means explaining your intention before you speak. This makes it clear to your audience what they should listen for – and it also makes what you say more…
Learn presentation skills with Speaker’s Deck
The Speaker’s Deck is a creative teaching aid for practicing presentations. The game is a playful exercise in spontaneity, presence, and audience contact. The digital card game determines what topic…
Talkback
Talkback means repeating exactly what the sender has said to confirm that the message has been received. This is an excellent way to end a meeting: go around the room…
With Ericsson and XR towards the future
How can advanced digitalization revolutionize the development of cutting-edge expertise and collaboration between experts? In a conversation with industry representatives and politicians, we discuss how Extended Reality (XR), a collective…
Some things never change
In one of the last assignments of the semester, Ordrum’s Erik Mattsson visited Stockholm School of Economics Executive Education: I have stood in many phone booths over the…
Mirror
Mirror means mentioning what you think you see, without judging, to show that you want to try to understand. This is a simple way to start a conversation. In safe…
Plan your meeting with MeetingPlanner
With MeetingPlanner, you can easily create a meeting agenda or schedule. A new, updated version of the meeting planner is now available. This version can be used on all platforms!…
A reminder to us all
During today’s course for PhD students in popular science presentations at Chalmers University of Technology, the coffee cups were given a starring role.
Can we cure Alzheimer’s Disease?
Imagine if, in a few years, Alzheimer’s disease could be identified with a simple blood test and then treated effectively. There is hope. Hooray for science and REAL AD –…
Towards a better fashion industry
Some assignments are particularly meaningful and fun. Right now Erik Mattsson is teaching a masterclass in presentation skills for the H&M Foundation, a foundation that supports industry in halving its…
Stories at Karolinska Institutet
Storytelling is a powerful technique. We’re sometimes told that stories work best in soft contexts, but nothing could be further from the truth. Storytelling is a particularly good technique when…
Graduation Week is here
For two days we had the pleasure of working with this year’s round of the Global Graduates Programme at SKF Group: eleven MSc graduates who have had the opportunity to…
Inspiration cards are now available in digital form
One of our favourite tools with a wide range of uses is now available in digital form. Take a look at our online shop!…
A morning in Asia and an afternoon in the Americas
Currently, we are running our digi-physical course in Presentation Skills. Today, at the midpoint of the 28-day program, we held a digital Q&A session where participants received answers and feedback…
Our new app is called Speechwriter
With the help of our SpeechWriter, you can easily put together a manuscript for your next talk. By combining simple speech modules, you can easily build almost any speech. The…
Dress code for meetings
A common reason why meetings go wrong is that we have different perceptions of what is expected of us as participants. If some people have prepared thoroughly while others believe…
Feedforward rather than feedback
Do you know how you are perceived? For most of us, this is one of the most important questions. And as a rule, we have no idea. We hope that…
The World needs Support
Positive forces are needed in a world that in many ways is heading in a negative direction. That’s why I am deeply grateful to hold a workshop for the Novo…
Digital Types
It is not easy to know how one is perceived. Here are some common types we encountered during our digital meetings. What is your favorite? And who are you? …
The Elephant in the Room
You have to talk about the ‘elephant in the room’ – the big thing that everyone knows but doesn’t want to talk about. But if you do that, the colossal…
Can you learn presentation skills through e-learning?
To want to learn, you need motivation. And being alone in front of a computer is not always the best motivator. That’s why we’ve built our hybrid presentation skills course…
The world within cycling distance
The research community has always been global. Meetings across national and cultural borders are commonplace. Without those meetings there just wouldn’t be any research. But even when it comes to…
The Meeting Cookbook is here
Thank you to everyone who attended our book release live from Gothenburg and digitally from around the world. And thank you to everyone that made the book possible. The Meeting…
Management team’s communications skills are key
Time to develop your management team’s communication skills? The success of an organisation depends on a well-functioning management team. During the spring, we have worked with several management teams who…
WHO is in Uppsala?
Did you know that the World Health Organisation has an office in Uppsala? Uppsala Monitoring Centre, in its capacity as the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug…
Plan your meeting with MeetingPlanner
A new updated version of our app that helps you design your meeting is now available. This version can be used on all platforms! Register your free account at…
Dresscode for meetings
A common reason why meetings go wrong is that we have different perceptions of what is expected of us as participants. If some people have prepared themselves to the hilt,…
Coaching in Shanghai
The morning included personalised speaker training with a keynote speaker in Shanghai. The same challenge as always: understanding the audience and clarifying the main message. However, this is easier said…
When experts talk to experts
What if the communicator is an expert? And what if the expert you’re talking about doesn’t want to let you This was the theme of today’s workshop in an unusually…
Uppsala University at a distance
The webinar “Getting your message across” was conducted by Erik Mattsson before an audience of researchers, post-docs, PhD students and other university staff. Among the takeaways from the webinar was…
Masterclass for SKF
The third and fourth three-day programmes in presentation technology for SKF are coming to an end. “These are my favourite courses”, says Erik Mattsson, “we start with the presentations that…
Speakers’ training for doctoral students
INSiDR is an industrial doctoral project, a collaboration between the University of Borås, Jönköping University, the University of Skövde and several industrial partners including Ellos, Eton and Gina Tricot. On…