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Games people play
On 15 June, I’m being interviewed by Paul du Toit. He’s a keynote speaker and presentation skills coach based in South Africa. I’ll be talking about games speakers can play to engage their audience online, Read more…
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Feeling boxed in during lockdown?
I don’t usually write poetry, but I woke one morning with this almost fully completed poem in my head. It’s now been performed by Jen Allum of the Miller Theatre Company in Caterham as part Read more…
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A funny thing happened…
The good news is that I was invited to tell a funny story on the after-dinner chat show hosted by Jeremy Nicholas. It was live-streamed last night, with fellow guests Adrienne Gibson and Lee Warren. Read more…
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Marketing in a crisis
This afternoon, I’m presenting for 10 minutes on ‘marketing in a crisis’. The audience is a network of small-business owners, and the session will be delivered on Zoom. Even though it’s only 10 minutes, I’ve Read more…
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Copywriting in a crisis
Yesterday, I was the guest speaker on another webinar – this was a ‘lunch and learn’ session for copywriters hosted by Pro Copywriters. Having survived two recessions since I started freelancing in 2001, I had Read more…
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Copywriting for Recruiters
I hosted a free webinar yesterday, where recruiters could quiz my training partner, Mitch Sullivan, about recruitment marketing. We ran it on Zoom in the style of a radio phone-in. I monitored questions that were Read more…
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Continuous Personal Development
As part of my ongoing CPD, I’ve just started the neuroscience course by Dr Lynda Shaw, which is accredited by the British Psychological Society. This builds on my psychology degree and helps ensure my knowledge Read more…
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Thinkific demo
At lunchtime today, I joined Bryony Thomas on Zoom to demonstrate what goes on behind-the-scenes as a Thinkific user, while she did the same for Kajabi. We’ve both recently launched our own programmes of pre-recorded Read more…
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Virtual speaker booker day
As you may know, I run a regular full-day copywriting training course – online. As with my on-site courses, it’s highly interactive. On Saturday, I’ll be showcasing a 12-minute segment at PSA London in front Read more…
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After-dinner speaking
Next week, I’ll be telling a funny story on the after-dinner chat show hosted by Jeremy Nicholas. Meanwhile, here’s the link to past conversations. Jeremy Nicholas on YouTube