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How to Ask for a Pay Rise (And Get It)
Bringing up the subject of money at work can feel intimidating to most people, but it's important that you don't let this stand in the way of earning the salary you deserve. As...
Published: June 7, 2022
Mastering The Queen’s English
So, this year marks the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. It therefore seems a good time to look at one of the most iconic voices of the last 70 years, both for us Brits, and for...
Published: May 25, 2022
Father of the Bride Speech Guide: How to Write and Deliver It Confidently
This one's for the dads who have likely been looking forward to this day for their whole life! And yet, now that the day looms closer - you're probably feeling the pressure as the...
Published: May 20, 2022
How To Write And Deliver A Groom’s Speech
The moment has finally arrived. As you gently tap your glass, inviting the room to quieten down so that you can profess your undevoted love to your other half, you may be feeling the...
Published: May 20, 2022
6 Tips For A Best Man Speech
Pressure is often high for the best man or woman’s wedding speech. You’ve never given a speech before, and suddenly everyone is expecting you to be funny, confident and creative. Ultimately, remember that...
Published: May 4, 2022
5 Wedding Speech Tips
Most of us are not natural or practised public speakers. And yet when you're given the honour of making a wedding speech, you're suddenly expected to engage hundreds of listeners and do eloquent and...
Published: May 1, 2022
3 English Pronunciation Tips for Dutch Speakers
The Dutch language is spoken by about 20 million people worldwide, as well as 21 million who speak its descendant Afrikaans. Being so closely related to English on a grammatical level, Dutch speakers don't...
Published: April 21, 2022
Zelensky vs Biden: A Powerful Lesson In Communication
The range of emotions felt as we’ve watched Volodymyr Zelensky speak via Zoom to parliaments across the world over the past few weeks, is vast. There’s no question that the Ukrainian President is speaking from...
Published: April 13, 2022
7 Ways To Build Connection Within Your Virtual Team
As we find ourselves in a different kind of hybrid working world - going into the office more regularly but with many meetings, presentations and networking events still held virtually, it's so important to...
Published: March 29, 2022
How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking
Did you know that Mahatma Gandhi, Sir Richard Branson, Sigmund Freud, Abraham Lincoln and Prince Harry have all admitted going out of their way to avoid speaking in public? So fear not, you're...
Published: March 9, 2022