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Insider Secrets of Public Speaking Book Launch – Kings Place London October 2014
This serious-minded and business-oriented blog may be your first port of call for thoughtful discourse on the current trends in communications and public affairs, but that doesn't mean we don't know how to let our hair down, and this week, we had a great reason to do...
A Roaring Silence
By a strange coincidence, the leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband faced the nightmare that according to our recent survey, most terrifies people: he forgot a key part of his speech. Normally forgetting your words isn't a big deal, we tell clients. Only the speaker...
In Bob We Trust
On Thursday 11 September, we attended the Global Trust Conference at the Grange Hotel, Tower Bridge. The day was a balance of interesting speakers, break-outs and networking opportunities (among the new business contacts, we met a plumber - it was an eclectic crowd),...
Ice Bucket Challenged
To successfully complete the Ice Bucket Challenge, you will need a bucket, a tap, a deep freeze, and two vindictive friends: one to nominate you, and one to get their hands dirty (figuratively; wet, literally) dumping cold water over your head. Anything that raises...
Our Survey Says…
'Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.' Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate. Surveys - be they on issues of vital importance or profound triviality - are a seemingly endless source of intrigue: are you in or out of step with how...
About Face
Politics, the old joke goes, is showbusiness for ugly people. But that joke might be on the way out: if you have a great face for local radio, that might no longer be enough if you aspire to hold public office. Our mothers always told us to sit up straight and smile...
Tough Questions About Remote Workers
What motivates employees to do well at work? A Gallup poll, conducted regularly since the 1940s, points to an unequivocal answer - and it's not the answer that most bosses think. Bosses have been asked to answer what they think motivates their employees, and they tend...
E.T. – Extra Time
When the first railway track was laid between London and Bristol (one of her richest satellites), an unexpected problem arose: midday in the capital came several minutes earlier than it did in the west. Before the trains or telegraph - let alone email - this hardly...
Commentators: a commentary
"That was only a yard away from being an inch-perfect pass." Murdo MacLeod It's the World Cup, and at PS Programmes Towers we are very excited by the drama and spectacle of the Beautiful Game. We don't expect everyone to share our passion, but we had hoped that Phil...
Losing the Script to Find the Audience
Speaking to a group of students, we were asked what qualities were necessary to be a writer. The library in which the event was taking place was intimidating: shelf after shelf of books from anthropology to Zoroastrianism, millions of minds contributing from antiquity...