February 2021 saw the publication of a study on Zoom fatigue in the journal Technology, Mind & Behaviour. It was conducted by Jeremy Bailenson, founder of the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford University. He Read more…
I’m a Fellow of PSA UK, and a regular at their weekly Coffee & Conversation sessions. It’s a chance to catch up with speaking colleagues in an informal and conversational setting. A different person hosts Read more…
I recently spoke to Leanne Davies of Live Learn. She gave a mini-masterclass in how to make your sessions involving and meaningful. There’s also a small contribution from her two lively dogs. Some of the Read more…
8 principles of online engagement, as explained at the end of my interactive fun & games with PSA Yorkshire in December. Hope you find them useful.
Over 20 years ago, when I was a senior manager in corporate life, I underwent a great deal of management training. One of the things they taught us was that people have distinct learning styles: Read more…
One of the highlights of Christmas is watching the Royal Institution Christmas lectures. The tradition was started by Michael Faraday in 1825 and the lectures have been shown on TV every year since 1936 (except Read more…
Here’s the recording of this week’s festive webinar for Ideas on Stage. We played three games you can play online that help with: Engagement Revision Team-building For more ideas, please get in touch.
October is traditionally conference season, and I spoke at three online events last month: The Pro Copywriters’ Conference (which would have been in London, UK). CopyCon used a webinar-style platform called Attendify, supported by separate Read more…
Here’s the full interview I did for the Ideas on Stage podcast – thank you to Andrea Pacini (and to Andy Lopata for introducing us).
I remember when I first started at senior school at the age of 11. I looked at all the cool sixth-formers walking down the corridor and thought: “How OLD they all are! I might never Read more…
