3. Forgetting the purpose and power of visuals

Published on: 3rd September, 2025

The mediocre presenter believes that their slides are their presentation. PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides or any other visual aid software is not your presentation. High-quality presentation software can help your presentation audience receive your content more effectively. This software exists to help rather than replace you as a presenter.

Solution – Remember that your audience have come to hear you, not to see your slides. If visuals don’t add significant value to your audience, don’t use them.

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Mindfully Speaking

The keys to presenting with confidence, presence & impact

Mindfully Speaking is the future of high impact public speaking & presenting. This podcast tells you in a clear, compelling and inspirational way everything you need to know about high impact public speaking and presenting. Many presentations today (especially business presentations) are far too long, repetitive, uninspiring and boring.

We live in a world of noise where everyone is so busy being busy they don't have time for more unhelpful, long drawn out information. Mindful Presenter was created through a combination of frustration, curiosity and passion. Maurice DeCastro, the founder of Mindful Presenter Ltd in London, UK reveals the real truth about what it takes to craft and deliver a content rich, compelling presentation.

Having spent years in the board room of some of the UK's best loved brand Maurice and the team at mindful presenter are leading the way in helping presenters connect emotionally as well as intellectually. The Mindful Presenter Truths Series is a podcast which is highly rich in content designed to challenge, inspire and empower presenters or aspiring public speakers to lead each time they speak and present.

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Maurice DeCastro

After 20 years of senior executive experience with some of the UK's most successful brands I left the board room to embark on a mission to help individuals and organisations present and speak in a way that is refreshingly different and immensely effective.

Mindful Presenter Ltd is the culmination of many years of frustration, curiosity and passion.

Frustration with the way so many highly intelligent, creative and talented business professionals were numbing colleagues and clients with their presentations.

Curiosity - That there must be another way. A way to share knowledge, data and information in a manner that creates a memorable emotional connection as well as an intellectual understanding.

Passion - The unequivocal resolve to find that other way. Presentation skills training and high impact public speaking skills courses and coaching which lead the way in authentic and powerful communication.

Today I coach professionals in the new science of presenting; connecting through presence, empathy and the power of stories.

Mindful Presenter was founded and flourishes on a core belief:

Connecting is everything!