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Do you have a Speaker One Sheet? That’s all your information, talk titles, profile picture, contact details etc all on one handy sheet. Emma Sutton has been investigating what makes a good One Sheet. She’s done loads of research on the subject and I spoke to her about her findings. Emma Sutton is the Queen […] The post Moving Voices – Jeremy Nicholas talks to Emma Sutton about Speaker One Sheets appeared first on Professional Speaking Association.

Do you know the answer to this puzzle? A man took off his shirt to go to bed and hundreds of people lost their jobs. Why? Paul Sloane is a world renowned expert on lateral thinking.  He’s written fifteen books on the subject as well as five more on innovation. He travels across the world […] The post Moving Voices – Paul Sloane – lateral thinking expert appeared first on Professional Speaking Association.

  There was a time when the PSA convention was a three day event, where you listened to the talks, chatted to new and old friends, had a drink and went home with a sore head and a list of good intentions. Now it’s a bit more than that. The whole world can follow what’s […] The post PSA Moving Voices – Mega Bite 7 – Claire Boyles appeared first on Professional Speaking Association.

Here’s David Hyner getting his PSAE award at the PSA Mega convention in October 2014. I spoke to David the day afterwards, while he was still getting used to the extra letters after his name. Listen to the interview to find out which of the following statements is not true. 1. David used to be […] The post PSA Moving Voices – Mega Bite 6 – David Hyner appeared first on Professional Speaking Association.

It’s a tradition that Friday night is comedy night at the PSA annual convention. It’s a tradition that dates back to last year. Comedy night is the brainchild of Alan Stevens, who has hosted every single comedy night, in fact both of them, right back to 2013. Comedy night is a chance for speakers to […] The post PSA Moving Voices – Mega Bite 5 – Comedy Night appeared first on Professional Speaking Association.

    Past President Geoff Ramm was honoured with the prestigious PSAE award at the Mega convention. Geoff said an amazing thing at the convention. He first said it at the Fellows Brunch on Friday and I thought I must have misheard. But he repeated it on the main stage on Sunday during the Experts […] The post PSA Moving Voices – Mega Bite 4 – Geoff Ramm appeared first on Professional Speaking Association.

I found Jane Gunn in a breakout room at the PSA Mega convention, just before Steve Head gave his Sunday Sizzler talk. I asked her about her joint presidency with Eilidh Milnes and how she felt about handing over to Mike Ogilvie. And she didn’t seem to mind too much that I’d created a comedy […] The post PSA Moving Voices – Mega Bite 3 – Jane Gunn appeared first on Professional Speaking Association.

One of the highlights of the PSA convention is the Speaker Factor competition for new members. This year the standard was higher than ever with ten regional champions competing in the semi-final and five going through to the final on the main stage. The winner was PSA London’s Claire Carpenter with her talk on how […] The post PSA Moving Voices – Mega Bite 2 – Speaker Factor Winner Claire Carpenter appeared first on Professional Speaking Association.

The highlight of the PSA Mega Convention 2014 was the appearance of legendary speaker coach Patricia Fripp. She gave us a coaching session on the Friday, a keynote on the Saturday and appeared on the expert panel on the Sunday. I caught up with her straight after she came off stage after her final session. […] The post PSA Moving Voices podcast – Mega Bite 1 – Fripp appeared first on Professional Speaking Association.

Writer and broadcaster Jeremy Nicholas introduces the PSA podcast with Steve Bustin speaking about the art of the MC. Terry Brock and Gina Carr from NSA in America give advice on social media and how to up your Klout score. Richard McCann tells how he became one of Britain’s busiest motivational speakers and Jeremy goes […] The post Moving Voices May 2014 appeared first on Professional Speaking Association.