MC, Emcee, Compere, Host, Facilitator, or Moderator
What word do you use for someone who hosts your event, whether it’s a conference, breakout session, panel discussion, awards ceremony, or...
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What Can We Learn From Our Peers?
A huge amount, is the simple answer, but of course, there’s a lot more to it. Surrounding yourself with like-minded people with similar...
What Can An Orchestra Conductor Teach Us About Communication
Well, rather a lot really. Having enjoyed a Proms performance at the Royal Albert Hall last week I was, as always, mesmerised by the...
What Does Service Mean To You?
As we celebrate her platinum jubilee, we recognise Her Majesty’s 70 years of service; fulfilling the commitment she made on her 21st...
How Do You Represent Your Company?
As skiers, curlers, hockey players and bobsleigh teams near the end of their competitions in Beijing at this Winter Olympics, they not...
The Future Of Presenting
Will your next event be in person, online or hybrid? The last 20 months have seen a massive shift in the way we communicate, as we all...
What’s In a Name?
If you're Mr. Bond rather a lot actually! Shakespeare was right to ask; “What’s in a name?” Names matter, because a person’s name has...
The Real Value of True Stories...
I'm a huge advocate of telling true stories in presentations. They are a powerful tool to engage an audience and make any presentation...
Do You Suffer From Data Dumping?
This is when a presentation is so full of data that your audience becomes overwhelmed with the content and stops listening. As we know...
What’s the Future of Virtual Presentations?
Although we now associate presenting virtually with working from home, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, they have been...
Who Are You Really Talking To?
It’s an important question because, in virtual meetings, you may be making assumptions about your audience. That could be a big mistake...
How Do Journalists Write Their Headlines?
The headline is the teaser that provokes or inspires your audience. Journalists only write their headline once they have laboriously...
Who Are You Trying To Kid?
When you deliver a presentation do you really know who you are and for that matter who your audience is? This is so important if you want...
Churchill's Finest Speech?
80 years ago today, Winston Churchill delivered one of the most memorable speeches in history, first to parliament, and then that evening...
5 Tips To Build Rapport On Camera
You may not think you’re on TV but every time you go on Zoom (or whatever platform you use) you are! With many years’ experience as a TV...
Are You Communicating?
You will be familiar with KPI’s as Key Performance Indicators. They are crucial for any business, but I believe there’s another type of...
Listen for…Just a Minute…….
This was the show on Radio 4 that was hosted by the legendary Nicholas Parsons for a staggering 52 years. Sadly he died yesterday and...
Word Clouds – Good or Bad?
What do you think of word clouds (sometimes called tag clouds or text clouds) in presentations? Do they help or are they a distraction? I...
How To Influence An Audience
It was very sad news to that Clive James, the Australian writer and broadcaster known around the world for his dry wit, died recently at...
How To Influence An Audience
Whenever we deliver a keynote, we have the ability to influence and motivate our audience to feel, think, and act differently. Today I...
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