ARTICLES
The butterfly effect: United Airlines in a flap
It's sometimes a challenge to work out the level at which we pitch our advice. Some clients are experienced media performers who want to step up a level. Others really need the basic building blocks to help them understand the fundamentals of communications. I wonder,...
Fake news! Beware the wisdom of crowds
If you ask a thousand people to guess the weight of an Easter egg, the average mean guess will be very close to correct. But answers to some questions aren't so easy to fact check, and sometimes we only get the answers we want to hear. If you Google 'NASA moon...
Discover Nadine Dereza’s Desert Island Disc choices
We’re huge fans of Desert Island Discs at PS Programmes and, to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the iconic show in 2017, I have been casting away a different member of my team each week to the far-flung shores of the BBC’s mythical desert island, never to be seen...
Desert Island Discs at 75: Denise Fryer’s selection
To continue our celebrations of the 75th Anniversary of Desert Island Discs in 2017, we are casting away another member of the PS Programmes team this week to the far-flung sandy shores of the BBC’s mythical desert island. Before we introduce this week’s castaway – a...
Desert Island Discs at 75: Ross Edmonds’ selection
To continue our celebrations of the 75th Anniversary of Desert Island Discs in 2017, we are casting away another member of the PS Programmes team this week to the far-flung sandy shores of the BBC’s mythical desert island. Our castaway this week is... Ross Edmonds...
Desert Island Discs at 75 (Rasheed’s selection)
To continue our celebrations of the 75th Anniversary of Desert Island Discs in 2017, we are casting away another member of the PS Programmes team this week to the far-flung sandy shores of the BBC’s mythical desert island. Our castaway this week is... Rasheed Ogunlaru...
Desert Island Discs at 75 (Tom’s picks)
We’re huge fans of Desert Island Discs and to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the iconic show in 2017, we are casting away a different member of the PS Programmes team each week to the far-flung shores of the BBC’s mythical desert island, never to be seen again....
Desert Island Discs at 75: A PS Programmes tribute
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...
The Power of Charisma (Part 3) – Hints, Tips & Tricks
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...
The Power of Charisma (Part 2) – What is charisma?
In my previous blog I set a series of questions to find out whether you might need help building your charisma, and if you haven’t read the article, take a look at our 'charisma help' questions. Let’s return to the last question on that list: ‘Are you suspicious of...