A tense verbal confrontation between a prominent British Jewish leader and police in London has triggered a wave of condemnation over the way one of the officers spoke to the man.   Video footage of the interaction has sparked outraged over what the police officer...

There’s a kind of joke in the world of professional speaking which goes like this… Question: “To become a professional speaker, do your presentations have to be funny?” Answer: “No - but they do if you want to get paid!” This is, of course, an exaggeration. However,...

Many business leaders suspect that they - and some of their key people - should be talking more to the media. Often they’re right - subject to a few essential conditions.                  The top condition is that anyone who takes part in a media interview on behalf...

The enforced death of Russia’s heroic pro-democracy, pro-transparency, anti-corruption campaigner - Alexei Navalny - does not just mean the massive loss of one of the world’s most courageous freedom-fighters. It’s also the massive loss of a great communicator who,...

Being on the receiving end of truly terrible technical talks is sadly becoming a universal human experience in the modern world. It happens most frequently with those atrocious techy presentations consisting of far too many deadly dull - and overly wordy - PowerPoint...