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A Wedding, a Funeral and your Personal Brand

As a caller with the Craigievar Scottish Country Dance Band we’re privileged to play at what is for many one of the happiest days of their lives. As I write this I’m waiting in the ante room before we go on, listening to the groom’s speech and it strikes me that its one of the few times that people are truly positive about everyone.

I was at a funeral recently and of course that’s the other time. At that point, those we love proclaim our footprint to the world in it’s very best light. It’s the sort of feedback we just don’t normally get in our everyday lives – Performance Appraisals simply don’t cover that sort of thing.

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Presenting the Higgs Boson

Yesterday’s announcement from CERN about the (almost certain) discovery of the Higgs Boson has excited scientists around the world. It’s a phenomenal achievement at the very forefront of science.

But most people will be slightly mystified and no doubt asking ‘What does it mean and why is it important?’

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The secret ABC of brilliant Presentation Training – courtesy of Billy Taylor

I’ve been banging on for some time in our  Presentation Skills Course about how creating and delivering a brilliant presentation is like composing and playing a brilliant piece of music.

It doesn’t just happen. It’s not like a bolt of lightning strikes and there you have it – a great oration. You have to do the work to make it happen. Just like you do in presentation training.

 

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