Essential skills of a public speaker A successful and memorable speech brings together many skills. First come the idea and message behind your speech and the words you choose to convey them. Then, there is the way you organise your thoughts and the structure of your speech, something we touched on in our last post. […]
So, you’ve been asked to give a speech
Over the summer, we’ve been sharing details on our Facebook page of who we are and what we do. We’ve also been sharing lots of useful public speaking tips. For those that don’t know us, we’re one of the UK’s best-kept secrets and we’ve been around a long time! We have a network of public […]
Speaking of Impact
So what? I love this question so much. In a way this simple question encapsulates how I live my life and how I approach interactions. It doesn’t make me very popular but then this is not the metric by which I measure success. I am interested in achieving change and this question makes me better […]
The Speakers Guide… and more
After three years of feedback from members across the ASC I set out with a team of contributors, editors, and advisers to rewrite the Speakers Guide. After two rounds of open feedback from members by Zoom and email, and targeted feedback from NEC, corporate clubs, non-ASC members and previous National Educational Directors, we arrive at […]
The Speaker – Spring 2020
The People Reader
Our first ever special guest speaker for the President’s Dinner is Michelle Mills Porter. Michelle has been a speaker since 2001. Having won several business awards and gaining Investors in People, she was initially booked to deliver advice on marketing and business development. She then went on to deliver training workshops and talks for business […]
Edinburgh 2019
A step change in the history of ASC and our national conferences. Join us at the Edinburgh Marriott Hotel 111 Glasgow Road, Edinburgh, EH12 8NF from the 26th-28th April 2019. You can register (before 15th March 2019 for special ASC rate), look through the content of the conference weekend and find out more about your […]
The times they are…
Change can happen during a shock or after a tumultuous event. It can happen when the latest crisis becomes a tipping point. Sometimes it happens when we can see the road ahead and we make a conscious decision to alter course. I won’t pretend to know what stage the ASC is at right now but […]
The Speaker – Autumn 2018
Online and on point!
Michelle has done it again! Our wonderful web editor has been working hard on making the new ASC website the best advert for the public and the most useful resource for members it can possibly be. Several education updates are now available to everyone: ASC Development Pathway – This reworked resource shows the various ways you […]
