“speak up” archive


49th Edition

Here is our latest GPB journal packed with a wealth of information and good hands-on tips and tricks from the world of communications, presentations, business development. Please write back if you wish to comment and we hope you’ll enjoy reading it. In this edition: The total opposite By Andrew Richards Andrew explains what people really mean [...]


48th Edition

Here is our latest GPB journal packed with a wealth of information and good hands-on tips and tricks from the world of communications, presentations, business development. Please write back if you wish to comment and we hope you’ll enjoy reading it. In this edition: Evidence in support of cases… of wine By Ewan Pearson Do you [...]


47th Edition

Here is our latest GPB journal packed with a wealth of information and good hands-on tips and tricks from the world of communications, presentations, business development. Please write back if you wish to comment and we hope you’ll enjoy reading it. In this edition: Difficult conversations By Tim Farish Tim suggests how to make these a [...]


46th Edition

Here is our latest GPB journal packed with a wealth of information and good hands-on tips and tricks from the world of communications, presentations, business development.  Please write back if you wish to comment and we hope you’ll enjoy reading it. In this edition: Expanding by contracting By Simon North Simon suggests that ‘Contracting’ is a [...]


45th Edition

Here is our latest GPB journal packed with a wealth of information and good hands-on tips and tricks from the world of communications, presentations, business development.  Please write back if you wish to comment and I hope you’ll enjoy reading it. In this edition: Similes, metaphors and analogies. By Andrew Richards How to be as [...]


44th Edition

In this Edition: Note Bashing or tweaking By Alastair Grant Twang the vocal chords to tweak your presentations Rhyme or reason By Lynda Russell-Whitaker If twanging doesn’t grab you, maybe tongue twisters will Happy rhetorical Winterval By Ewan Pearson Should we embrace new words or shun them? There’s a prize bottle of Champagne in it [...]


43rd Edition

In this Edition: The New Alexander Technique by Penny Dash Penny responds to Simon Boughey’s media article with some general advice   Who mirrors, who matches? By Ewan Pearson Adaptation of salespeople to their clients is often far from ideal.   Body Talk By Tim Farish How the right type of emotion can win business [...]


42nd Edition

In this Edition: It’s a hack’s life By Simon Boughey Journalists are often sadly misunderstood – an insider’s view   What’s in a face? Quite a lot actually By Tim Farish An insight into Professor Eckman’s FACS   To Russia with a mission By Alastair Grant There are opportunities to be made if you go [...]


41st Edition

In this Edition: The King’s speech By Ewan Pearson Ewan looks at how the Oscar winning film has lessons for us all. Boring! By Alastair Grant WAKE UP! Ever fallen asleep in a presentation? Here’s how to keep people awake. Where did all the time go? By Tim Farish ‘Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall [...]


40th Edition

In this Edition: The Queen speaks    By Carl Schreiter Carl examines the most British of Christmas traditions.   A tale of two speeches By Alastair Grant    The art of formal and informal speech making.   Plane Speaking By Tim Farish Tim looks at how mitigating speech can be dangerous   Do it matter wot I [...]