Preparation is everything, whether presenting a proposal in the weekly team meeting, to standing on stage to give a keynote. What you may not realise though, is that the preparation begins long before you even write your first word, often before you work out your title. Last week I introduced the idea of …
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There is a lot of talk about a new normal, opening up and second waves. There is a lot of talk about is it time for a change. The one thing for sure is that there is lots of uncertainty. How do you cope with such a mass insecurity? Do you ignore it and …
It’s funny how since Covid-19 there has been two distinct camps…Those that are taking stock, looking at their life and hoping for something better for themselves or the environment. These are also the volunteers in the community taking care of others, or simply sharing a smile when the world is beginning to look grim. …
Are You Flipping Pancakes? You can hardly open Facebook at the moment without seeing phrases like “new normal” “world waking up” and “Post viral world”. It seems like, even though we are going back to work, as more and more places open things will never change and things will never be the same all …
Why? Why are you doing this? Why bother speaking at all? Well mainly because you want to change the audience in some way, otherwise there is no point. The change does not have to be worthy of a Nobel prize, it just needs to impact the way someone thinks about your topic and ultimately you. …
You know you have a 5-minute slot to speak at a meeting and it will solve the biggest problem your team are facing at the moment. You prepare what to say, have written a clear structured and easy to follow message so everyone has to listen right? Wrong. You have to deliver it in …
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You are prepared, you are knowledgeable, have great structure…. that’s your presentation/speech/pitch written right? Wrong! You have to flesh out the bones of that structure to make it digestible to your audience. You need delightful drafting. Why? Firstly, this makes you credible and second it makes it easier for the audience to relate to …
One of the most common type of questions I am asked, other than how to stop umm and erring, is what if…… What if I make a mistake? What if the audience do not like what I say? What if I do not have all the answers? And the most common of all What if …
Don’t be like Alan……last week Gina Miller appeared on the BBC facing her troll, Alan. I don’t know how we got here, but we are. How someone can tell someone they wished they would die an agonising death and claim they had the moral high ground is beyond my comprehension, but it happens, a lot. …
You are talented and you work hard. You know your company inside out and you know exactly what it needs from you. You know your job and how to add value to your role. You can see easily how some small tweaks could make a lot a difference. You sit in the meeting room, but …