Bad meetings; the bane of office life. Soul-sucking, demoralising and confusing, the bad meeting is even worse no meeting, because it has an adverse effect, actually doing more harm than good. Fortunately, to deal with this particular problem, you can use the same principles of good communication that you would for other speaking situations such as presentations […]
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PechaKucha is a simple way to force presenters to improve. I run PechaKucha Cambridge, and on each night it’s easy to see who’s put in the work and who hasn’t. While the ethos of PechaKucha is to share a creative idea rooted in community, rather than a business pitch, it’s very useful for business situations. Here are
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Networking’s a pain, right? But you have to do it promote your business. I find that traditional networking groups can feel awkward, because they’re trying to force the creation of the spontaneous, which – as you may know – is not how spontaneity works. A stand-up comedy club has a similar arrangement, where the magic to
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Firstly, let me be absolutely clear: comedy is a dangerous business. The risk is colossal: get it right and your audience will love you; get it wrong and you’re sunk. So how can you cast that magic spell of humour in your meeting, interview, phone call, presentation or pitch without destroying all rapport? Well, in these
Here’s Bond getting his new kit in ‘Skyfall’. He’s not impressed. But the approach – stripping back to the essentials – proves to be vital, and it defines most of the film (I love the whole scene because of the human aspect, too: first impressions, introvert versus extrovert, physical versus mental, and some humour). Here’s
