Recently I’ve been researching the whole area of online marketing and one theme has come out from all the experts and Guru’s I’ve been reading.  It’s a theme that  believe all offline marketers and presenters also need to be reminded of regularly.  The most effective online marketing sites succeed because they  create a relationship between the…

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Recently I was lucky (or unlucky depending on your point of view) to attend a conference where there were some pretty average presentations.  Afterwards I started to compare notes from some of my fellow delegates as to what were the most common failings of presenters.  Afterwards I continued this discussion online and here are a…

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                                                               A couple of night’s ago I attended my local Toastmasters club and one of the guest’s comments got me thinking….When people come to the club for the first time most are nervous and not a little afraid. Standing up and speaking in front of a group of strangers can certainly be scary, at least…

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Last week I gave up a day of my time to help develop young entrepreneurs as part of a schools enterprise day.  During the day I think I learned why so many will go on to become poor presenters…. The kids (sorry students!) were great as were the teachers and their challenge was to research,…

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Last week I was listening to the radio and I happened to hear an interview with a Dave Alred, a coach who specialises in helping people perform well under pressure. He has studied a wide range of people in many different contexts including world class athletes, rugby players, army personnel and business executives and has coached the England…

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We have delivered a number of training courses to the Marketing Staff of the Open University over the years and we are delighted that once again, that have chosen Gavin to deliver three workshops in January and Feb 2008.   The two tailored programmes – Building Successful Business Relationships and Achieving Goals and Managing Time will…

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Hi After an inspiring presentation at a local business networking group I’ve migrated by hosted blog with blogger to an installed wordpress blog and it was relatively painless.   A big thank you to David Bell of Sugarweb who gave a clear and concise introduction to how to create a wordpress blog. Not only does he know…

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