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Articles by us

Presentation Skills are a Leadership Essential - Article

Teacher Training Lacks Presence - Article

What is Good Communication? - Article

Shared Meaning Sets the Scene for the Perfect Team - Article

Open Presentation Courses are the Bees Knees - Article

Communication Skills Matter Most at Times of Disagreement - Article

Beyond Branding: Storytelling and Business - Article

Communication Training and Neuroscience: Time to Change Your Mind - Article

Communication Makes Life Meaningful (has Twitter replaced prayer?) - Article

Presenting Tips from the Tao Te Ching - Article

Presentation Skills: The Modern Presenter - Article

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Articles we like

You're hired! Why soft skills can help land that dream job - The Independent

A good reason to think about staff wellbeing - The Telegraph

Graduates lacking soft skills, employers warn - The Guardian

You Talkin' To Me? Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama - This Is London

Say it simply - saying things simply suggests truthfulness - The Independent

Videos we like

Eddie Izzard talks about how to win your audience – establish connection - YouTube

Interesting Ted talk on the importance of play in communication - TED

What not to do – how to terrify your audience - YouTube

Books we like

Presence - Patsy Rodenburg
An excellent guide to developing personal presence in any area of life. Presence is a state anyone can access, as long as you know how to open up to being in the moment. Sounds mystical, in fact it’s practical.

The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life - Erving Goffman
Goffman’s work remains the definitive academic study as to how the many roles we play in life shape our reality. A little dry at times, the moments of insight are revelatory, and illustrate the fundamental nature of performance.

On Becoming a Person - Carl Rogers
The book which began the person centred approach to counselling provides a universal template for successful communication and relationship building.

Rhetoric – Aristotle
The original discourse on the art of presenting and speech making. Still relevant, eternally fundamental.

About Acting - Peter Barkworth
Handy performance tips from an experienced pro in bite sized morsels, all of these simple acting skills can be applied to business presentations and public speaking.

People Skills - Robert Bolton
An in depth manual offering practical steps to becoming a skilled communicator and a genuine people person.

Apps we like

TED App – lots of great speeches and inspiring ideas - App

Presenter Pro – a thorough guide to the basic presentation skills - App

Mobile Mouse Pro –turn your iPhone into a remote and control your presentation from anywhere in the room - App

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