There is an oft-quoted statistic that the words you say make up just seven percent of successful communication skills. However, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t think about them carefully. Here are three quick tips: The art of listening The first key to communicating well is to learn the art of listening. This is really the […]
Communication skills for CEOs
“For a business leader, building reputation and trust IS the day job, which makes communications the day job too.” That quote is by the former head of Marks and Spencer, Stuart Rose, who knows a thing or two about the importance of good communication skills to protect and enhancing your reputation. It is vital for […]
Slideshare: Communication skills for CEOs
If you are a senior leader, or CEO, the way in which you communicate can make the difference between shared vision or a fractured vision, a happy team and a discontented team, and an enviable reputation and a question mark. It is an integral part of your role to communicate effectively. This week I gave a […]
Media training and presentation skills combined
Media Training. Presentation Skills Training. Two different courses (both run by Rough House). But both have the same basic aim: To help you come across well, to enable you to say what you want to say, in the most interesting, compelling, convincing way possible. And so, when a client recently asked us to train a group […]
Presentation skills: the 6 Ps
Several of our recent blogs have focused on the importance of your voice during radio interviews, but it’s not just when talking to the media that it is important to use your voice well. Here our presentation skills expert Sue Carruthers lets us into the secret of the six Ps of performance – and how […]
How to do memorable radio interviews
A couple of weeks ago our very own Gail Downey gave her three top tips for radio interviews, and it got us thinking about her final tip ‘be yourself and then some’ so we decided to discuss a little bit further. Here I’m talking about radio interviews, and in a couple of weeks, our communication and presentation […]
The secrets of great client communication
The ability to communicate well is vital in all spheres of life – and for those in business, the way you communicate can be the difference between success and failure. In this, the first of a series of occasional blogs by our presentation and communications trainer, Sue Carruthers, she gives the inside track on how to […]
Five key elements of a good presentation
How many presentations can you remember? Why do they stand out? Is it for the right reasons? I particularly remember Al Gore giving his ‘Inconvenient Truth’ presentation live to a group of media folk – chiefly because his very American barnstorming style didn’t seem to be pitched right for that particular audience. Here our communications expert Sue Carruthers […]
Tweet tweet: round up of the week's PR tips
Every day on Twitter, we post a PR tip. This can be about media interviews, media strategy, PR or video making – or indeed anything we feel may be useful and is media related. This week, our tips focussed on presentation skills. If you’re giving a presentation, aim to make eye contact with each […]
6 performers tricks to improve your presentation skills
Ron Aldridge is a successful theatre director, writer and actor who uses his experience on the stage to help people to become ‘complete’ performers, whether speaking in public, presenting, or selling — at conferences, in the workplace and in the boardroom. In this guest post he lets us into some theatrical secrets to improve your presentation […]
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