I’m currently preparing an interactive keynote for PSA South East where I’ll demonstrate 30 things you can do on Zoom to engage your audience and embed the learning. This means, if you host weekly meetings, Read more…
I recently spoke to an expert in creative thinking and a veteran of experiential speaking – Robert Alan Black. Among other things, you can hear his thoughts on: Story-telling Gordian knot exercise 9-dots exercise 4 Read more…
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…
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).
Thanks to Andy Lopata for crediting me in this podcast about how to give a powerful presentation. He talks about using red and green cards for audience voting – one of the ideas from my Read more…
I’ve recently worked through Dr Lynda Shaw’s neuroscience programme as part of my ongoing personal development (and to build on my psychology degree and subsequent study into the subject). Reassuringly, it’s clear that there’s a Read more…
Thanks to Rosemary Williams for sending this idea (which will be great when we’re allowed out again): A teacher brought balloons to school and asked the children to blow them all up and then each Read more…
I spoke to Angela Dellar about using imagery, metaphors and storytelling in your presentations, to help leaders and teams to ‘pull together’. Among other things, we discussed: How to get senior people involved in childlike/playful Read more…
I had a lovely chat with David Gouthro from The Consulting Edge (based in Vancouver). As a meeting facilitator, keynote speaker and MC/emcee, he has been deeply involved with experiential learning for 40 years. Here Read more…
