As we reach the end of the year, it's often a time for self-reflection. Time for an assessment of what went well, what could have gone better, and what to focus on in the coming year. In the last month or so I've done a bunch of self-assessment tests around personality type, values and strengths. [...]
Recently, someone bought me Alex Ikonn's The Five Minute Journal. I've always struggled with journaling but TFMJ has made it easy for me to write down my daily goals and my end-of-day reflections. It struck me that a great place to record public speaking goals is in a daily journal. Public speaking is a journey. [...]
Do you need to create slides for work? This week a new 1-to-1 client started coaching with me. She works in finance and has to prepare an important presentation for her boss. She confessed that she didn't know how to use PowerPoint and was worried she didn't have the time to get to grips with [...]
Hope you've been having a great month so far. I just got a new phone and to test it out, I've finally got around to dabbling in Facebook Live. I don't think the BBC will be in any rush to hire me as an anchorwoman, but I'm having a great time playing around on camera. [...]
It's SUCH a beautiful day. Last week I was lucky enough to perform on stage in southern France. I also managed to squeeze in a bit of sunbathing and book-reading. It was sad to leave the amazing weather behind, but it's just as nice here in London today! Talking of books, I recently completed Joanna [...]
One of the things my 1-to-1 and corporate clients fear most about public speaking is being asked a question they don't know the answer to. This might lead to being embarrassed in front of the team, losing potential clients, and goodness knows what else. So it's a perfectly rational fear. No-one wants to get [...]
Did you ever get really excited about a book? Ages ago I downloaded Playing Big: Find your voice, your vision and make things happen by Tara Mohr but have only just got around to starting it. And wow, I can't wait to finish and apply what I'm learning. Tara noticed that a lot of bright [...]
3 Tips to Help You Create a More Persuasive Speech I recently gave a persuasive speech to an audience of 1500 people. The audience contained children as young as 7 years old, all the way up to pensioners in their 60s. What could I do to keep everyone following along, entertained and ready to take [...]
3 Engaging Ways to Present and Leave People Wanting More How do you leave a strong first impression when you only have a limited time to present yourself? (i.e., in a fifteen-minute speech given at work, or in a five-minute conversation with someone in the queue for coffee)? After all, we all want to be [...]
One day your boss asks you to attend an event to meet some people in the industry. Don’t run away screaming just yet - here are some tips to improve your networking game 1. People are people, wherever you go. Don’t be nervous about networking - it seems like a very awkward, overly constructed social interaction, [...]
