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I'm never that bothered about seeing the 'evaluation reports' that the crowd fills in after they've heard you speak. I always know...
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Does your face speak an international language?
Before the study began, facial expressions were considered a “hard-wired human behavior trait,” suggesting that various cultures did not interpret facial expressions...
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Are you in the UK Speechwriter’s Guild?
The patients from the Thatcher Memorial home for incurable pedants are occasionally allowed out under supervision I’m a proud member of the...
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Do you try too hard?
I had a really interesting challenge the other day, to speak to 30 or so 14-16 year old girls about ‘personal impact’. I had...
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Bullshit Bingo- Ed Miliband’s bargain basement speech
Here’s a lovely trashing of Ed Miliband’s conference speech last week. It’s by the elegantly uptight Martin Shovel and if you haven’t...
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How original are you?
My occasional and much admired colleague, Charles Crawford, shows how using metaphor to make a powerful point, but gently, is an art...
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Clegg's conference speech: 1 plus & 2 minuses
I know my Spanish, French and US friends will forgive me for this, but here’s a lovely post from Max Atkinson- Rhetoritician...
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Great Speech 1- We shall fight them on the beaches
Winston Churchill’s finest hour as a leader came in the dark days of 1940-42. His belligerence and oratory stood out in the...
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Public speaking disasters- my worst ever introduction
As a travelling speaker, you don't ask for much really, just the right directions, a decent hotel, a fee, and then a...
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