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It can be hard getting media visibility, yet free coverage for you and your company is invaluable for promoting you, your brand or a specific product or service you offer.
Have you ever tried to persuade someone to do something and ended up feeling like you’re hitting a brick wall? If you have you are not alone.
Some of us are natural networkers while others find it a challenge. This article answers the five most common ‘How to’ questions and will increase your ability to benefit from every networking event.
Have you ever had one of those moments when everything seems to be going your way?
What is Personal Impact? Where does it come from and how do you get more of it?
 
 
Understanding the media – Top Tips for getting the coverage you want more

It can be hard getting media visibility, yet free coverage for you and your company is invaluable for promoting you, your brand or a specific product or service you offer.

Do you ever feel like you are hitting a brick wall? Sure fire ways of getting people to buy your ideas more

Have you ever tried to persuade someone to do something and ended up feeling like you’re hitting a brick wall? If you have you are not alone.

Putting the Power back into PowerPoint more

If you want to capture your audience's attention and convey your message with impact discover how to avoid some of the common pitfalls that lead to boring presentations and frustrated audiences.

Ten Golden Rules for Presenting in Public more

If you want to speak with confidence the next time you present in public discover how to grab your audience’s attention and deliver your message with clarity and impact.

How to Network Effectively more

Some of us are natural networkers while others find it a challenge. This article answers the five most common ‘How to’ questions and will increase your ability to benefit from every networking event.

Lawyers may have the facts at their fingertips – but not on the tip of their tongues! more

Lawyers have a reputation for being able to argue the hind legs off a horse.

How to feel confident in any business situation more

Have you ever had one of those moments when everything seems to be going your way?

Networking – 10 hot tips for working the room more

Do you get butterflies in the stomach at the mention of networking at business functions? Do they fill you with dread? Read on…

Successful Presenting to People from Different Cultures more

Imagine having to make a presentation to 22 individuals from 22 different countries!

How to make sure training is transferable and learning sustainable more

A farmer in Nebraska commented after the attack on the World Trade Centre – “Strange that ideas created in a cave in Afghanistan should have such an immense effect on my income”.

Pitching to win more

It’s a competitive world out there. Increasingly people working in every sector need to pitch better than the rest to win business.

Team presenting is full of potential pitfalls – read for our essential tips here more

The day’s finally arrived. You’re on second. But your colleague who’s on before you is stealing all your lines!

How Much Personal Impact Do You Have? more

What is Personal Impact? Where does it come from and how do you get more of it?

Mentoring - a Key Factor in Success more

The name may be almost as old as the written word but Amanda Vickers and Jackie Smith show that mentoring is a very modern necessity.

Reflect for a moment… more

More and more business is being won through competitive pitches. Winning tenders is the life-blood of any professional organisation, yet too often the process is rushed

Using Coaching with your Team more

Extract from Coach Be Your Best and Beyond by Amanda Vickers & Steve Bavister

In the News...Personnel Today more

How to be come an executive coach. Personnel Today interview our very own Amanda Vickers

In the News...The Guardian more

You don't need to be a jungle micro-celeb to feel trapped with people you may not have much in common with. Cathryn Janes suggests ways to get along without dumping the boss's head in cockroaches

In the News... Loyalty Magazine - Trust is the Key more

The main reason that customers leave is that they do not trust the firm, say Amanda Vickers and Jackie Smith of Speak First

In The News...Chief Executive Officer Magazine more

“The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.”

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