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The Speaking Club: Mastering the Art of Public Speaking

Mar 31, 2022

There is lots of information out there around how to use slides in the right way, and indeed I covered this in great detail in podcast episode 082 The Seven Deadly Slide Sins and How to Avoid them.  But what there isn’t much on is the answer to the question of whether you should use them in the first place, which is...


Mar 23, 2022

Jackie Brennan spent over 30 years building a career in the construction industry. She was dedicated, career focused and ambitious and worked her way up to become a senior leader. But after returning from an overseas contract, she decided to take a rare short break before the next one.

Something happened in that time at...


Mar 18, 2022

It’s no secret that telling stories is the single most powerful tool you can have in your speaking and marketing. But not all stories are created equal.  There are some that are simply a series of events pulled together into a narrative arc that certainly meet the definition of a ‘story’. 

And then, there are the...


Mar 10, 2022

For 20 years Shelley Purchon taught people from all over the world to improve their English. Then she decided to turn the tables. She now helps English speakers to adjust the way that THEY communicate, so that people who didn’t grow up with English as a mother tongue can understand them more easily.

Shelley learned...


Mar 3, 2022

How lucky are you?

Does it matter if you are lucky or not when it comes to success in business and speaking?

What if you’ve been looking at the matter of luck in completely the wrong way.

In this episode, I’m going to show you that you can increase your chances of being lucky, and as a result create more success for...