Category Archives: Presentation Ideas

Shakespeare is an inexhaustible source of presentation themes and ideas, including starters, epilogues and quotes that can revive the spirit of the audience. A well placed quote at the beginning of a presentation catches the attention and at the end it may be what triggers the applause. Relatively few people realize that in a presentation you cannot have form without substance, but substance without form can kill the effect. In the book “Your Daily Shakespeare” there are more than 10,000 instances of how to adapt a Shakespearean quote to any situation, including, of course, hundreds of examples usable in presentations.

Romantic Shakespeare Quotes. Answer to “May I ask you something?”

Posted on March 5, 2012 by jimmie

“Being thy slave what should I do but tend Upon the hours and times of your desire? I have no precious time at all to spend, Nor services to do till you require.” (SON.57) Tips for Use. Another example of a romantic Shakespeare quote. Answer to, ‘Will you do this for me?’ And/or a follow Read More

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Authority, a dog obeyed in office

Posted on March 3, 2012 by jimmie

K. LEAR  Thou hast seen a farmer’s dog bark at a beggar? GLOUCESTER  Ay, sir. K. LEAR  And the creature run from the cur? There thou mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog’s obeyed in office. (King Lear act 4 sc.6)
 Tips for Use. A healthy lack of respect for pomp and authority Read More

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Innovation, Coriolanus, Shakespeare in management

Posted on March 2, 2012 by jimmie

“What custom wills, in all things should we do’t, The dust on antique time would lie unswept, And mountainous error be too highly heapt For truth to o’er-peer.” (Coriolanus act 2 sc. 3) Tips for Use. When you are proposing a new, brilliant project or idea and meet with the usual resistance by the entrenched, Read More

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No Hope Left

Posted on March 1, 2012 by jimmie

“…O my breast, Thy hope ends here!” (Macbeth act 4 sc.3) Tips for Use. Your reaction to a piece of news that puts an end to your hopes or expectations. Your reaction to the utterings by politicians of the left or the right. In the play. Malcolm portrays himself as unfit to govern (after the Read More

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All the World’s a Stage

Posted on February 29, 2012 by jimmie

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His act being seven ages (As You Like It, act 2, sc. 7) Tips for Use. A wry comment whenever you feel that there is something Read More

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Dinner Toast Shakespeare Style

Posted on February 28, 2012 by jimmie

“Now, good digestion wait on appetite, And health on both!” (Macbeth, Act 3, sc. 4) Tips for Use. Ideal when you are addressing a business or other audience before a dinner. In the play. After having Banquo killed by two terrorists, Macbeth organizes a banquet in his castle, but Banquo’s ghost is hovering about. Therefore Read More

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On being scammed…. alas

Posted on February 28, 2012 by jimmie

“… he that is so yoked by a fool, Methinks, should not be chronicled for wise.” (Two Gentlemen from Verona act 1, sc. 1) Tips for Use. The quote should be printed and glued to the back of a phone set or even a cell phone. Profit is a gargantuan monster and leaves free reign Read More

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Boring Speaker. Cut to the Chase

Posted on February 27, 2012 by jimmie

 “What need’st thou run so many miles about, When thou mayst tell thy tale the nearest way?” (King Richard III act 4 sc. 4) Tip for Use. Apply to a wordy fellow or as a reference supporting the value of concision and straight-talk in reporting. In the instance a minor modification in the pronouns and Read More

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The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

Posted on February 26, 2012 by jimmie

HAMLET. How like you this play? QUEEN. The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” (Hamlet act 3 sc. 2) Tips for Use. Applicable as a valuation on whoever is affected in manners or speech. Excellent and much more elegant alternative to “He/she is full of it”. An especially effective answer to a request for opinion Read More

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A Consummation devoutly to be (un)wished?

Posted on February 25, 2012 by jimmie

“… and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to; ‘tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished.” (Hamlet act 3 sc. 1) Tips for Use. Shakespeare quotations are  found everywhere, in literature, history and essays, English and foreign. Often the quotes are included while Read More

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