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Ms Claire Duffy
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Analogies, the wonder tool for making sense.
What happens if you want to interest  your listeners in something unfamiliar – a  new idea, technique, or approach to something, which...
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LISTEN. Seriously. Just. LISTEN.
To be an effective communicator, you have to be a good listener first. Take these key concepts on board: • Attending: This means showing...
2 min read


Resolving conflict
A reluctance to deal with conflict  constructively hurts our world. Good ideas remain unspoken, people create silos, and leaders don’t...
3 min read


Oral Presentations: Finish with oomph
How do you close in a way that makes them feel galvanised, reinforces your message and makes you memorable? Â Not by shuffling and...
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Lovely Voices: Your Grandma, the voice of contentment
The fact that my adult daughter had not read Winnie the Pooh is an indictment of everyone who has known her up until this point. The...
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Lovely Voices: Her Maj. Heppy Christmas, to you end your femmily
The Queen’s Christmas message is almost a religious ceremony  in some households. At 3pm  GMT, British  families (and many others,...
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‘Know Thy (speaking) self’
OK now I've used Socrates to catch your eye, this is really about your end of the speaker-audience connection. People will pay attention...
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Too Much Information
No I’m not complaining about people who embarrass us with details of their dental dramas, or their sex life, I’m talking about how to...
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