by Nadine Dereza | Mar 19, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
Coaching is our bread-and-butter at PS Programmes Towers. Client confidentiality is something we take very seriously, and as such we wouldn’t dream of spilling the beans on our dazzling roster of celebrity clients, however many times they are on TV and radio or...
by Nadine Dereza | Mar 4, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
Since the publication of Insider Secrets of Public Speaking, we have been delighted and flattered to receive invitations to speak at all kinds of events on the subject. Distilling the core themes of the book into a session that is useful and interactive has meant...
by Nadine Dereza | Feb 18, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
Stand up comedy is the bear-pit of public speaking. On the average club night, you’ll typically see between three and five acts, some of them pros and some of them newbies, all trying to achieve one thing: audience laughter. If public speaking is up there on...
by Nadine Dereza | Feb 4, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
I was asked to do a speech last week, with a slightly unusual brief. The subject – an overview of the careers environment we can expect in 2025 – isn’t such a surprising topic – though it involved a fair bit of interesting research which...
by Nadine Dereza | Jan 22, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
The British Library is a collection of books. That’s a sentence that manages to be both an under- and over-statement. The library is, of course, much more than a collection of books, and we’ll come to that in a second. For now, let’s look at the books and what books...
by Nadine Dereza | Jan 7, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
When bad things happen at Christmas, they chime a particular note in our consciousness. Hearing bad news for other people just as we are occupied with hanging stockings or wrapping presents, opening cards or peeling the potatoes makes us remember that the important...