Firstly, I'd like to wish all the readers of my blog a happy New Year! I can only wish that we all have a better year and that travel once again becomes a possibility for those of us who can and want to do so. Before the last year finished, I got some really...
Well, it's been another labour of love but my new book on public speaking has just been published! Speaking with Impact: an Essential Guide to Public Speaking is based on over 30 years of me giving talks and speeches in public. This book offers a practical guide to...
Earlier this month the British Government announced that First Aid is going to be included in the school curriculum in England from 2020. This is huge news and could save thousands of lives in the future. But this breakthrough made me reflect that campaigning takes...
Over the past month I have been running a series of workshops for small charities supporting refugees and migrants to help their volunteers and staff develop their confidence to speak with impact in public. I do think that the ability to speak with impact in public is...
Earlier this month I ran a two day advocacy training workshop in Prague for the country directors of PIN, People in Need, the Czech based international NGO. If you haven’t heard of PIN before they are well worth checking out – they were set up by student leaders...