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I was flattered to be interviewed for Mary Hogarth’s new book about Writing Feature Articles. You’ll find my piece in a chapter about copywriting (obviously), starting on page 177. Watch this brief video for a Read more…

As you may know, I’ve been working on my new book of icebreakers and energisers for speakers and trainers for aaaaages! It’s currently with the proofreaders, and I hope to send it to print on Read more…

I was in Leeds yesterday, running another Copywriting for Recruitment masterclass with Mitch Sullivan. We deliver this course somewhere up and down the country every couple of weeks, which means we’ve probably transformed job ads Read more…

I’ve just returned from another five-day improv intensive with the Maydays. This is my sixth time! This time, my focus was on musical improv. That is, making up songs on the spot. Not only is Read more…

Here I am with Susie Self (my singing teacher) and her dog, Tristan. The picture was taken yesterday in North Norfolk, at one of our regular choir weekends. I find that singing helps with confidence-building Read more…

Enjoyed delivering my half-day website workshop to a small group in Maidstone today, on behalf of Best Business Events. Also loved the trompe l’oeil wallpaper in the newly refurbished training room.

Proud to be credited on page 5 of the new Mundford Messenger magazine, edited by Rosemary Godfrey. Read the magazine

Honoured that my PSA speech about speaker websites (see below) was mentioned in the famous newsletter written by the famous Jeremy Nicholas. It’s in his ‘trash talk’ section – but in a good way. Read Read more…

I’m busy working on the followup after a talk I did at PSA London. The 30-minute session was practical tips to fix common mistakes made on speaker websites. At the end, I offered my 111-point Read more…

It’s my first day back at my desk after a fortnight in Canada, where I was booked to run a rapid fire session at the CAPS convention. It was my first visit, so I added Read more…