by Nadine Dereza | Sep 19, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
Former Foreign Secretary William Hague, canny political operator that he is, used to coach the then leader of the Opposition David Cameron for Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). The trick, Hague says, is to phrase the question so that it is unanswerable, as an...
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...
by Nadine Dereza | Aug 7, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
Nadine Dereza was asked to facilitate the HBAA Forum last month. And if you haven’t heard of the HBAA before, well it’s a dynamic trade association for the hotel booking agency, apartment and venue community, and so the audience was formed of the great and...
by Nadine Dereza | Jul 17, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
Taking care of the planet is a bit like any good habit: you diligently recycle the papers and sort out the plastics, but once in a while, you’re working late, it’s bin day tomorrow… and those black bags are opaque, aren’t they? Most of us try to do the right thing,...
by Nadine Dereza | Jun 20, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
It isn’t every day that we let the blog slide into cinema review mode, but last weekend, myself and the popcorn addicts of the PS Programmes team took in a British movie called Pride. During the film, the fundraisers find themselves at the sharp end of a smear...
