This author has yet to write their bio.
Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud Luan de Burgh contributed a whooping 249 entries.
Love them or loathe them, summer parties are part of the annual calendar of professional and social activities… and attendance is usually required at all levels. For some these will be a calendar highlight and for others these will be anxiety-inducing hours of excruciating awkwardness. I am frequently asked for tips about how to navigate […]
This month I’m returning to the topic of panel discussions and focusing the spotlight on the person who, if doing their job properly, makes the panel tick like a metronome – the moderator. In previous sessions we’ve looked at what makes a good panel discussion and how to stand out on a panel so part […]
We’ve all been there… sitting through a panel discussion where one guest drones on with vague insights, another rattles off jargon-heavy monologues, and the rest simply nod along. But then, there’s that one panellist, the person who captures the room. They’re engaging, relatable, and make you think. So, what makes the difference? In my previoius […]
What are your thoughts on panel discussions? As we all know, sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t and in this first article of three I’m going to take a closer look at what works and what doesn’t. I spend a lot of time coaching people on how to present. A little like a tennis […]
Using video to engage used to be preserve of those who had extremely deep pockets and the benefit of a technical team to produce the lights, camera, action experience. No more of course. We all have that power cradled in the palm of our hands. But just because we can all make videos, that doesn’t […]
Are you ready to jump back into work after the Christmas break (I say ‘break’… when December 25th falls on a Wednesday it’s more of a disruption than a break)? Most of us will have muttered a quiet mantra as the new year got underway about improving at least one aspect of our personal lives. […]