Want to be a part of something great? #Challenge44 It is 20 years since I left prison and made a decision to turn my life around. Now I am an internationally recognised public speaker who helps others to find the confidence to find their voice. To celebrate this special anniversary it only [...]
1. Speak monotonously When speaking to the audience, do not be enthusiastic in any way. This will only connect you with the audience, which is the opposite of what you want. There's a very good chance that many of the delegates will have had a heavy night so any sleep inducing monotony will be [...]
Well, it's finally here. Driven. Inspired by The Carpool Interviews I've decided to take my car for a drive and interview some incredibly inspirational individuals who I've met along the way. My first guest is no other than Stephen Robinson. Steve lost his right arm in a tragic accident many years ago. What [...]
I've been inundated by people from all around the world over the last few weeks on the back of a couple of posts on Linkedin which went viral. Many people are asking for some help with presentation skills. So I decided to create a little something using a small piece of footage of my 8 [...]
Marketing, can’t live with it, can’t live without it. Actually in the almost 12 years that I have been in business I’ve not done a great deal of marketing. I send out the odd random newsletter or targeted email to a specific person or group of people and that’s about it. Although I [...]
I’m hoping life is good right now and if it’s not then I hope whatever challenge you have right now passes soon. Have you ever done what I did this morning? I walked out of the house early and as soon as I approached my car I got a face full of web. Spiders [...]
So there I was: In London, heading for The Press association where I was delivering presentation skills and as I walked out of Kings Cross Station I saw a man to my left who was stood with a large piece of cardboard with a message on it. I initially thought he was homeless but when [...]
You may have come across this video already on my Facebook page but it was so important that I didn’t want to assume that you had seen it there. A few months ago the children at my son Ellis was asked by his teachers what he wanted to do when he was older. He has [...]
So there I was. Up at The Marriot Hotel in Newcastle on Tuesday night as I was delivering a presentation skills day for the leadership team at Annalox the next day. I discovered there was a meeting for a company who I had worked with before taking place at the hotel at 8pm that night. [...]
