by Nadine Dereza | Feb 24, 2017 | Live Events, Presenting, Tips and Ideas
Eric Coates’ By the Sleepy Lagoon orchestral and the sound of seagulls have, since 1942, been transporting radio listeners to the far-flung sandy shores of a mythical desert island where more than 3,000 guests have been cast away. Seventy-five years since Desert...
by Nadine Dereza | Feb 20, 2017 | Live Events, Presenting, Tips and Ideas
In my third and final instalment of my series on charisma, I’m going to give you some tips and tricks on how to inject more charisma into your stage presence and suggest an approach to speaking that may be new to you. The story so far… I’ve explored what makes...
by Nadine Dereza | Apr 14, 2016 | Live Events, Presenting, Tips and Ideas
The punishing heat of the long Australian summer has given way to a cooler slant of sunshine, punctuated by downpours in Sydney, NSW, but nothing that could stop the crowds of tourists from hopping between the cafes around Darling Harbour. Darling Harbour, if you...
by Nadine Dereza | Feb 28, 2016 | Live Events, Presenting, Tips and Ideas
The date for the UK’s historic referendum on continued membership of the European Union has been set, and those of us who are politically neutral by profession are going to have to watch our mouths closer than usual. Neutrality is sometimes an uncomfortable place to...
by Nadine Dereza | Nov 7, 2015 | Live Events, Presenting, Tips and Ideas
It has been over a year since our book, ‘Insider Secrets of Public Speaking’ hit the shelves, and in that time we’ve delivered dozens of workshops, training programmes, speeches and coaching sessions off the back of it. In the run up to Christmas, we thought it would...
by Nadine Dereza | Sep 13, 2015 | Live Events
The memory does not like complexity. When we are coaching speakers or work- shopping crisis media management, our advice often boils down to: keep it simple. Whether it’s a speech or a statement, you often have to frame your message just as you would a picture. You...