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What Makes an Award Winning Presentation?

What Makes an Award Winning Presentation?

At the end of last year, I coached the finalists for the Geneva Challenge – an annual global contest under the patronage of the late UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan organized by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Five teams, each...

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Making a Successful Pitch to an Executive Board

Making a Successful Pitch to an Executive Board

Pitching to an executive board is high-stakes. After months of hard work developing a project or strategy, you need the board’s buy-in—but securing it is no easy feat. The room is filled with senior executives who are busy, and their knowledge of your subject might...

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How to Give a Talk that Engages the Audience

How to Give a Talk that Engages the Audience

“We are a new women’s networking group in Geneva and would love you to talk for 40 minutes about your career in communications”, says Valentine Honoré, the founder of the Curiosity Club. My first reaction was, do I really want to talk about myself? The second, was do...

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What Makes a Great Interviewer?

What Makes a Great Interviewer?

Did you watch Emily Maitlis’s interview with Prince Andrew about his relationship with the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein? If not, did you see the wonderful film that has just come out – Scoop – about that interview? Emily excels as an interviewer. She enters...

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Tips from a Masterful Media Communicator

Tips from a Masterful Media Communicator

People often ask me who excels at talking to the media. My answer is Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner General of UNRWA – the UN Palestinian Relief Agency that employs 13,000 people in the Gaza Strip, and runs schools and social services. Lazzarini has one of the most...

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