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Speechwriting – How to Capture your Speaker’s Voice
One of the most common refrains I hear when coaching senior leaders in public speaking is they have to rewrite most of the speeches drafted for them. Much of the time the person struggles to deliver the speech because it has not been written for them. In the words of...
Know Your Audience – the Key to Successful Speeches and Presentations
What is the first thing you think about when asked to give a presentation or speech? That is a question I often ask in my presenting and speechwriting workshops. The answers are often very candid but very wrong. They range from the slides I can recycle from previous...
10 Tips for Nailing that Job Interview
Earlier this year I was asked to sit on an interview panel for a Director of Communications position. The organisation requested my support to reduce eight candidates down to four through a series of written and communication tests. I have helped a number of people...
The Forgotten Panel Participant – The Audience
Many people I know – both panelists and audience members - are wondering what is the point of panel discussions. This is what I am told by the senior managers, leaders and experts I have been training in various communication skills. It seems they are often too...
Lessons from the Pandemic on Communicating Science
What lessons have we learnt from how we communicated on the COVID health crisis that we can apply to the climate crisis? That has been a recurrent question in some of the panel discussions I have moderated at conferences over the past year. Two years ago, this month...