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I love this photo of me in my statement jacket, taken by Les Jones at the April PSA convention ‘Learning@Live’ where I was facilitating one of the breakout rooms. I was worried that the jacket Read more…

According to Wikipedia, several places refer to themselves as “God’s Own Country”. One of those is Yorkshire. That’s where I’ll be next month, to speak about websites for PSA Yorkshire. To combine business with pleasure, I’m Read more…

Last night, I was honoured to judge the Lewisham Regional Final of the Jack Petchey “Speak Out” challenge. If those young people are typical, we so-called adult speakers had better watch out!

I’m looking forward to the PSA South East regional Speaker Factor heat on 10 May, where I’ll be judging 10 five-minute speeches alongside PSA Fellows, Andy Lopata (who’s also doing a Q&A about his speaker Read more…

I was thrilled to be awarded ‘Regional President of the year’ along with Barnaby Wynter, for our work at the South East region of the Professional Speaking Association. I never imagined I’d be president of Read more…

Sharing my 15th business birthday cake with my mastermind group at the House of Commons today. Thanks to Rupert Honywood for the photo, and Moe Nawaz for the opportunity.

What an honour – I’ve been invited to judge the Speak Out Challenge at Prendergast Hilly Fields College in Lewisham on 11 May. Designed to give Year 10s the skills and the confidence to speak Read more…

I’m proud that Constant Contact have awarded me ‘all star’ status in recognition of the successful newsletters I produced for clients last year. Apparently, only 10% of their customers achieve this award. Please let me Read more…

I’m running a digital marketing course at a lovely country house hotel in Kent on 20 and 21 April. Want to come along? Here’s a snapshot of what you’ll learn: Day 1 Traditional marketing theory, Read more…