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I have a fascination with the ways in which people write, learn and rehearse speeches and presentations. The process is a very personal one, and although […]

Last week I was fortunate enough to win the UK Business Speaker of the Year contest and be crowned the official ‘UK Business Speaker of the […]

Delivering a speech in a second language is a challenge that many of us never dream of taking-up, but if you do challenge yourself in this […]

When a crisis occurs, there is often pressure on leaders to set an example, respond in an appropriate manner and inspire others into positive action. For […]

Have you ever sat through a presentation or speech that you have enjoyed, found interesting or intriguing throughout, but been left feeling a bit empty when […]

At the moment I’m working on my talk for the Soton Digital conference, entitled ‘Isn’t Ajax a football team? How Developers and Non-Developers can work together […]

Last week Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, gave her first public speech. If you haven’t yet seen it yet, check out the video above. So […]

Gravitas. Apparently some people have it, others don’t and some of us can lend an air of it to an occasion. We’ve all been told at […]

Two speakers. Both equally credible, both equally charming, both suitably polished in the delivery of their presentation. One supports his argument with anecdotal evidence, the opinions […]

For many of us, when we are asked to give a speech, lecture or presentation, our first thought is always ‘what will the Powerpoint look like?’. […]

Despite there being many different ways of forming and delivering a persuasive argument when public speaking, in the many speeches that I have witnessed in the […]

I had to have a long and painful call with a call centre operator to persuade them to restore my Internet connection in my new home […]