Shortcuts to Communication Success

This is one of my behind-the-scenes videos. I will explain how I create videos for my vlog and how I set up my podcast. I will share with you a few bits of hardware that I use... READ MORE

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Do you ever have problems speaking up in meetings at work? That’s what I want to chat about today.

Years ago, I used to hate being in meetings and I would never ever speak up, to the extent where I was actually cautioned by my employer because they weren’t seeing the value that I was adding. I wasn’t really connecting... READ MORE

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Are you exploiting your speaking opportunities? Recently, I was working with a client who had created an amazing opportunity for her herself to get in front of an audience and give her first talk as a business owner.

She was particularly ingenious because she was able to get six video testimonials from one talk, six! What she was also very clever about doing is that... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Do you go business networking? If you have to stand up and give a 60-second pitch that is a form of public speaking. That’s why today I want to talk about what you include in your 60 second pitch. Because sometimes less can be more. I want you to remember this little phrase: if you want to impress, say less... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

This is one of my behind-the-scenes episodes and I want to share how I find time to keep learning. Have you ever thought I would love to learn to do XYZ but I don’t have time?

I want to share with you what I do to find time to keep learning. I’m one of those unfortunate types who likes to learn stuff for its own sake... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

This is the second episode of a two-parter, which is looking at humour and some ways you can add a little bit of gentle humour without having to kill yourself with studying comedy or working too hard to get those laughs.

In the last video, number one of this two-part series, I talked about poking fun at yourself. In this one, I’m going to talk about how to set up a joke using what we call subversion of people’s expectations... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Do you try and add some humour to your presentations and your speeches? Or does it seem like a huge mountain to have to climb to try and be funny and it’s something you want to steer well clear of?

I want to share over the course of two videos a couple of simple tips that you can use to be a bit funnier... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

I am starting off a new series in my videos my vlogs and my podcast and it’s called Behind The Scenes. While I absolutely love to share speaking tips with you I also get questions about the way I run my business and why I do certain things. 

I want to talk about why I have started running corporate off-sites for one person. And that one person is me. I’ve got a small business ... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Do you use live streaming as a tool to help you with your public speaking? Because if you’re not using it to help you with your speaking you might be missing a trick.

A lot of my clients are small business owners who want to get out there and make more of an impact and grow their businesses. Of course, live streaming is a big deal these days because we can livestream on pretty much all the social media platforms... READ MORE

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.

Are you prepared to act it out? Now, I didn’t say "are you prepared to act up and be difficult?", but are you prepared to act it out. An act out is a specific tool that we can use in public speaking to add a bit of drama and a bit of life to our presentations.

Why would we include act outs when we present?... READ MORE 

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Create a speech stress-free and fast with my free guide 5 frameworks to ace a short speech.