Setting out to make yourself a little bit famous – on panels, speaking at events, making your own video or even appearing on TV and radio – can feel daunting. Nerves can wreak havoc with our performance and…
Using humour when speaking
I had a lovely ‘thanks for a job well done’ email from a client this week after I had been the MC at their annual leadership event…“You made a positive lasting impression. Your energy…
Holding a grudge?
My cool and confident husband has a Grudge List. On it are people who have done him wrong in the past and he refers to the list quite regularly.
I, on the other hand, don’t hold grudges – I forgive and forget. At least…
You get these 10 things when you book me to host your event
I’m one of the best I’m blowing my own trumpet here, but I’ve been told many times that I’m one of the best Event Hosts and Moderators in the country. It helps that…
Make Yourself A Little More Confident
We wouldn’t dream of talking to our friends in the same way we talk to ourselves would we? (Maybe you’ve just been asked to speak somewhere, and you just keep saying to yourself…
You want sizzle, not snooze, at panel discussions
I get booked to moderate a lot of events every year so I get to see at first hand the hard work and forethought that organisers put into making their events really sing.
Where to look, when you’re on TV
It’s one of those little questions that gets bigger the more we imagine ourselves on TV, so not surprisingly it’s one of the most asked questions when I’m running media training.
Use FACE to showcase expertise
You might have seen me speak at an event recently, or been at one of my interactive sessions to Make Yourself A Little Bit Famous®, like the one featured in the photo. I show my FACE model…
Leaders! There’s no badge for burnout
My Brownie Guide handbook didn’t deal with mental health. There was certainly no badge for it. Making a bed (House Orderly), laying out a tea tray (Hostess), and jumping over a…
Press Release: Penny Haslam named as UK’S Professional Speaker of the Year 2016
The business journalist and former BBC broadcaster, who now delivers keynote speeches to business audiences, Penny Haslam…