As our world leaders take the stand and announce policy on how they plan to help slow down and contain the Corona Virus, we start to see just how important clear communication is. I was interested to compare the impact of each of the countries leaders as an exercise of evaluating the speaking prowess of…
There are various language styles we use depending on the situation or forum we are in. Common language, informal language and formal language pretty much sums up the most common ones. The lesson on language is indelibly printed in my mind since a few weeks following my 12th birthday pool party. It was a hot…
I have been coaching a 15 year old, gifted and talented student from a prestigious Sydney private school over the past few weeks who has been moved out of the A-level debating team to the B team. He’s devastated. Literally … His intellect is next level. His idea’s are brilliant, arguments strong and use of…
When silence is part of the problem… I have stood back. Not spoken. Reserved my opinion and watched the world turn itself inside out over the murder of an unarmed black man by a white Police Office in the USA. People are already speaking. Who am I to add to the noise? Who am I…
Definition: The telling of a lot of information in a manner that is void of personality, energy and heart. Result: Numbing. Content overwhelm and impact underwhelm. Minimal retention. It’s a condition that plagues many people. In fact, similar to a virus, you can carry it without even knowing, going about your life “affecting” people without…
