Santorum & the Sleeveless Sweater: The right to bear arms (!) and the iconography of Leadership…

Posted by Chris Grimes on Mar 14, 2012
in Communication Skills, Personal Impact, Presentation Skills, Speakers for Events There was an excellent feature during the last 5 minutes of the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 recently, with broadcaster, entertainer and ex M.P Giles Brandereth. He was talking about the accidental rise-and-rise of US Republican Presidential Candidate Rik Santorum – and not because of his compelling politics, or prowess as a public speaker (as you might more normally expect in a...
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“Fox in Socks in Blogs!” Easy Tiger – Slow Down!

Posted by Chris Grimes on Oct 7, 2011
in 1:1 Coaching, Communication Skills, Personal Impact, Presentation Skills, Speakers for Events, Voice Coaching “Fox in Socks our game is done sir! Thank you for a lot of fun sir!” A Conference clip of amazing ‘articulatory dexterity’ (!) in which a student called Xin Yan, speed reads – but still manages to succesfully wrap her tongue around it all nevertheless – “Fox in Socks” by Dr Seuss. And to help us all keep up with what she’s actually rattling...
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Why Stand Up Comics Are Such Excellent Role Models for Presentation Skills…

Posted by Chris Grimes on Jul 27, 2011
in Communication Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Interpersonal Skills, Personal Impact, Presentation Skills, Speakers for Events, Uncategorized, Voice Coaching Good Stand-up Comics – like John Bishop in the clip above – are excellent role-models for Presentation Skills, particularly on how to stand, how to hold yourself, how to look confident and self assured – and crucially on how to project yourself (or amplify what you are good at) in front of a large audience. A good Stand Up Comic, particularly when they reach the top of their...
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New York – So good they named it! Working Voices converges on the ‘Big Apple’ to deliver new training…

Posted by Chris Grimes on Jun 1, 2011
in Assertiveness, Interpersonal Skills, Networking Skills, Personal Brand, Personal Impact, Presentation Skills, Running Effective Meetings, Speakers for Events A truly exhilarating week in New York! The Working Voices ‘Team America’ (!) were joined by teams from both Asia & London as we converged to deliver a whole suite of brand new training courses – to 200 newly promoted Associates flown in from all over the World by one of our major Investment Banking clients. Working Voices MD Nick Smallman kicked off and contextualised the...
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Wanted: Dictators with Empathy – Communication Style

Posted by Nick Smallman on Feb 17, 2011
in Presentation Skills, Speakers for Events Dictator’s dictate. Democrats persuade: they have to empathise with their audience; to understand how to put themselves into the shoes of the people they’re speaking to – and the importance of doing so. For sure, at least one of the demonic dictators from the last century had a fatal attraction and an oratorical style to match, but let’s focus on today’s crop. Getting your way is so...
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