What do you imagine a Speakers Club is like and is your preconception accurate? I’ll be honest. When I first heard of Speakers Clubs, I had a certain image in my mind. Smoking jackets, pipes, and an old boys’ network is what I thought I would find. So, with low expectations (I was young(ish) […]
It’s World Speech Day!
15th March 2021 We want to become better speakers and that journey deserves the best recognition that the ASC can provide and, the widest audience possible. Two years ago, I wrote an article for the Speaker magazine about World Speech Day (WSD) and how the ASC had been working to establish a strong partnership with […]
3 simple tips to help you nail Zoom
Using Zoom for work? In the last 10 months, many of us have had to move to online platforms for work as well as play, whether that’s for meetings, presentations, or even job interviews. And speaking online should be easy, right? After all, all you have to do is log on, remember to unmute and […]
Using your voice
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. […]
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 […]
