If we wanted to drone on, we’d buy one and fly it. Don’t be a drone. As speakers, we do not want to come across as emotionless. Not showing emotion or feeling when speaking limits your ability to be authentic. My job as a speaker coach is to help you Read more…
If you’re frozen with fear before speaking, you need to let it go. When the panic sets in before you are about to speak and you feel yourself not being able to cope, and let’s face it we have all been there. Anyone who tells you that they haven’t are Read more…
Why do certain songs, once we’ve heard them, get stuck in our head? We’ve all got those ‘earworms’ those ones we can’t stop thinking about or singing to ourselves. Why do ear worms stay in our brain? Earworm songs make use of melodic patterns, along with a dash of surprise.In Read more…
It’s an oldie but a goodie. Don’t sell the sausage, sell the sizzle! Coke would never sell based on the taste. Coke sells on the feeling you get when you drink it. The feeling of refreshment of spending time with friends, of good times. Even if your speech has the Read more…
How often do I need to practise my speech before I deliver it? I have always used the advice from two very skilled artists to answer this question. The first is the singer /songwriter Bryan Adams and second is perhaps the world’s greatest actor, Sir Lawrence Olivier. Bryan Adams once Read more…
As part of my membership with Ipswich Little Theatre, I am delivering two, weekend theatre workshops, in June (1st and 8th) at the City Council libraries in Ipswich and Springfield. I plan on answering everything you wanted to know about theatre but were afraid to ask. Why not come along Read more…
Showing humility is hard, especially for traditional leaders. Old power and old culture suggests that leaders are the ones that tell people what to do, they have answers. Humility can feel soft when times are hard and may make leaders appear vulnerable. Be here’s the thing. This is exactly humility’s virtue.