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Over the past 7 weeks, I have touched on 7 ways to help you get up, get out and speak out in public.  This week, I thought it would be worth just summerising the key points and I’ve […]

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Feeling sick, heart beating too fast, short of breath, dry mouth, inability to concentrate,  butterflies – these are all common symptoms of being nervous and the worst thing is, the more we try not to be the worse […]

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The more people I speak to about it, the more terrifying delivering the perfect 60 second pitch seems to be for people.  A 60 second or elevator pitch is one of the most important minutes you’ll spend representing […]

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Probably the single most important thing about speaking is about being real.  “genuineness” – what a lovely description that is.  Would you trust the words of anyone you didn’t believe in.  Imagine for a moment hearing The Duchess […]

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If you read last week’s blog then you’ll know I’m running a series of blogs about overcoming your fears of public speaking – if you missed it – it’s well worth popping back and reading it first.  This […]

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No its not a rude question.  This time last week I was at an event listenning to a great speaker, a marketing expert talking about gorilla or monkey marketing.  For those not familiar with gorilla marketing its just […]

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It would be very easy to feel saddened by the death of Stephen Sutton and I believe he is a great loss to us, however my belief is that Stephen would want us to celebrate his life no […]

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This post is probably the most personal from the Calvert Trust Series.  I knew when I signed up for the discovery weekend that I would discover whether or not I would be able to do the zip wire. […]

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Motivation is a really big discussion point for me.  I present so often around goals, visions and confidence – yet rarely about motivation itself.  Yet it impacts on not only these 3 things but also on almost everything […]

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Its an odd question isn’t it?  My job is to support individuals with their personal development.  Personal development is all about stretching yourself, but what exactly is a stretch? Well a stretch is anything that you wouldn’t normally […]