Long term readers will know that I blog in other places, not just here. Â If you didn’t know, why not?! Â For example, there’s my (new) resilience blog which is associated with my speaking career. Â It’s […]
As usual, I avoided BBC’s The Apprentice last night. Again I was told I had to watch it to see the pitches. So I did. BBC’s iPlayer is a wonder, isn’t it? ;) I’d have […]
Long-term readers of this blog will know that we do presentation skills training (and we like to think we do it well!). Â It’s time for us to introduce you to our new baby, however! Last […]
I don’t watch The Apprentice. Â If I wanted to see squabbling egos coupled with little technical competence I’d watch children in my local pre-school. Â However, as my twitter feed went wild last night about the […]
A lot of the organisations I work for (delivering presentation skills training) are membership organisations. I’m often asked along as one of a series of presentations. Â Consequently there are often feedback forms to be […]
The (wonderful – am I allowed to say that?) Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio Four recently ran a brief article about business presentations.  Both interviewees were absolutely adamant that in the kind of presentations they […]
Here in Britain we’ve just had a referendum – practically unheard of – where everyone who can vote, is give the opportunity to do so not in a tradition way (an election) but in a […]
Today (Monday 2nd May, 2001) President Obama announced that, finally, Osama bin Laden had been killed. Â A video of his announcement is on YouTube here. It’s a remarkable speech. I offer some first thoughts about […]
Hubert Schlafly Jr died recently. It’s worth noting this with a brief, perhaps silent gesture because Schlafly is credited with being the inventer of the teleprompter or autocue. Â He invented it to help actors in […]
I seem to be spending a lot of my time reviewing things at the moment. Â My last one was a “Good, but….” kind of affair (and it was a big but! :) Â ). Â It’s nice […]
I’ve just got back to my family home after so many days consecutively away that I ran out of smart shirts. I don’t just mean clean ones; I mean anything that I could wear with […]
Sleek, robust, light and portable, I’m excited to try this neat, all-in-one projector. I love the idea of bluetooth connectivity and a built-in browser, with WiFi, too. Setting up is intuitive, and I only need […]
Actually I’m pretty sure she didn’t mention presentation skills at all. I didn’t listen to her much: perhaps I’d have been more successful if I had, but I didn’t. Â One of the things I remember […]