Even if it’s a cute pig, it’s still a pig. Isn’t it? So let’s cut the crap about Prezi – Which...
The patients from the Thatcher Memorial home for incurable pedants are occasionally allowed out under supervision I’m a proud member of the...
At the Tower of London again for a session on The Globe Theatre’s 2011 production of ‘Anne Boleyn’ with writer Howard Menton...
At a fundraiser for the Globe Theatre in London last night. Listening to playwright Howard Brenton talk about ‘Anne Boleyn’, and its...
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...
It should be brilliant, but it’s not. It’s BA’s new brand message in wide-screen, film-shot format. British Airways relaunches itself with new slogan...
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...
I’m a speaker, speech writer and speaking coach. I work with very capable people, helping them to show their brilliance to the...
We all know that there’s a right way to speak in public, when we’re singing for our supper – As professional speakers...
So what's the point of presenting anything? To make it more likely that they'll remember a relevant, tiny fraction of the message...
My occasional and much admired colleague, Charles Crawford, shows how using metaphor to make a powerful point, but gently, is an art...
Here’s another example of a brilliant woman who is also an excellent public speaker- Featured on Marion Chapsal’s engaging public speaking and...
