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A journalist contacted me recently, as he was writing about the last-ever printed Freemans catalogue. He found me because of a blog I wrote (this is the blog: End of an era), and we chatted Read more…

I spent last week in Hove doing musical narrative improv with And Also and some delightful improvisers. I’ve always been mystified by the magic of a musical that’s created in the moment from a single Read more…

I’ve been invited to be an ‘expert’ at the PSA Speaking Summit in Solihull this year. Speakers and trainers will be able to quiz me about audience engagement ideas. View the agenda Check out the Read more…

I’ve been booked to run a session called ‘Up your copy game’, designed to help PSA Fellows with their written marketing. It’s in Solihill in October, just before the annual convention.

This is the view from the judging table at PSA South East last night, where I was lead judge for the regional Speaker Factor contest. It was a tough decision, and the winner goes forward Read more…

Last week, I visited the South East region of the Professional Speaking Association – that’s the region I co-founded and where I was joint Regional President for a couple of years. After running online events Read more…

Here I am, demonstrating some of the icebreakers and energisers from my Experiential Speaking book, at PSA Thames Valley, April 2023. For more information, please see experientialspeaking.co.uk.

At last, I’ve published my new book, Copywriting Q&A. It contains my answers to the most common questions I’ve been asked when training and mentoring copywriters, and is already selling well. Hoorah!

Last week, I hosted a thoroughly enjoyable social event for freelance copywriters. These pix show a few of the attendees (others were out of shot). Among other things, we played the fun headline-writing game, Wash Read more…