Posts By Jim Harvey
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5.0KFit Focus Flair
Writing a Business Presentation Conclusion? Follow Shakespeare’s Advice
I saw Ralph Fiennes in Trevor Nunn’s production of Shakespeare’s Tempest at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London last night. The whole cast...
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2.9K6Prezi
What does Prezi do for a poor speech?
Even if it’s a cute pig, it’s still a pig. Isn’t it? So let’s cut the crap about Prezi – Which...
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1.5KDelivering your presentation
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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2.3K2Charisma
What can presenters learn from Anne Boleyn?
At the Tower of London again for a session on The Globe Theatre’s 2011 production of ‘Anne Boleyn’ with writer Howard Menton...
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1.8KFit Focus Flair
Great presenters always tell lies. Don’t they?
At a fundraiser for the Globe Theatre in London last night. Listening to playwright Howard Brenton talk about ‘Anne Boleyn’, and its...
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Connecting with the audience
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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4.5K2Fit Focus Flair
Do you ‘over-sell’ the message when you speak? ‘To Fly to Serve’ does it worse
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...
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2.3K2Case studies
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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2.3K2Charisma
Can you develop charisma?
I’m a speaker, speech writer and speaking coach. I work with very capable people, helping them to show their brilliance to the...
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