Daphne Todd has come to the nation’s attention as one of the judges on BBC1’s The Big Painting Challenge. There was also a flurry of headlines when Daphne revealed she’d secretly painted horns beneath a portrait of one of her sitters. People were a bit surprised that a former President of the Royal Society of… Read more
Give your website a distinctive voice. Learn from the wireless. Part 1.
Good as far as it goes but remember your listener is just one person. It was the late 80s. The World Wide Web was only a twinkle in Tim Berners-Lee‘s eye. I was writing scripts for various BBC radio presenters. It was an early lesson that I had to learn quickly. My experienced colleague continued:… Read more
Nail the bedtime story and you know you’re a great communicator.
(Put it another way. If you can grab and keep the attention of a distracted six year old, then everyone else is a breeze.) The excitement. I remember my mum driving me to school and, when an ambulance or fire engine siren went past, she would immediately divert from the school journey to follow it…. Read more
Brilliant Storytelling. Be Yourself
Whether they’re your clients or shareholders, colleagues or volunteers, audiences spot insincerity very quickly. If you worry that ‘being yourself’ means letting your guard down and forgetting the party line, don’t. Your audience will warm to you, and your organisation, when they see you speaking from the heart. Forget scripts. Be spontaneous. Tell a story… Read more