Communication in a Post Covid World
Communication in a Post Covid World.It didn’t take us long at Communication Collective to pivot into online courses, almost immediately delivering sessions via various web providers. Like many businesses, we had to adapt fast and now looking forwards, we’d like to...
How To Present Virtually
How do you engage and build rapport with a virtual audience? Covid 19 has changed the way we communicate. These days we’re having to interact through a computer lens to an audience who might be multitasking, as we try to engage with them. It’s useful to think about...
Confidence and Fear in Communication
How to make facts spellbinding.
How to make facts spellbinding.I was recently working for Euipo with 18 participants in Alicante. I was teaching them how to present complex legal information to a teleprompter and make it look conversational. Although we conversed in English, their scripts were in...
Make the first move.It can take bravery to connect with others. Being the first person to make contact, to suggest an invitation, to ask for something, can leave us feeling quite exposing. I have just accompanied my colleagues Emma and Charlotte on a trip to Alicante...
How to Pitch.
How to Pitch.Pitching seems to be a part of life for all companies these days – from summing up what you do for future investors, to selling your latest life changing app to cash strapped customers. How do you inspire people to jump on board with your idea and invest...
How To Create On Screen Presence
How To Create On Screen Presence I’m returning to Alicante with Charlotte from the CC team to deliver three days of workshops in Presenting On Camera using a teleprompter. I really enjoy delivering these workshops, because it involves working with speakers from 21...
Let’s get down and dirty.
Let’s get down and dirty. I was recently at a talk about gathering data to show how hard people in the caring profession find it to ask for help. The very word ‘help’ seems to make a lot of us recoil. Beliefs around looking weak or thinking you’ll be judged...
WHAT’S YOUR WHY?
WHY? In 2009, Simon Sinek gave a TED talk called “How Great Leaders Inspire Action”. In the talk he discusses the importance of understanding your ‘Why’. You can view the talk here: Simon Sinek: The importance of your why? ‘Why’ is your purpose, your cause, your...