Top tips for presenting online events

by Babaco Media | Mar 16, 2020 | Communication

As coronavirus forces event cancellations, organisers are turning to online meetings, webinars and webcasts to fill some of the gaps. The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has closed businesses and borders around the world. As people are encouraged to self-isolate, many...

Droning Home for Christmas

by Babaco Media | Dec 23, 2018 | Communication

Gatwick Airport – The hero of the hour? – I can’t decide if it’s more like Wall-E or Johnny 5. If your family is driving you crazy at Christmas, spare a thought for those whose travel plans have been disrupted by the drone incident at Gatwick Airport. Here...

Crisis communications – because saying nothing is not an option…

by Babaco Media | Dec 3, 2018 | Communication

Donald Trump has made many of us in the communications business shift uncomfortably in our seats in the last couple of years. When Trump became President, he pretty much took the standard advice of the speaker coach, screwed it up, and threw it back in our faces: be...

Kofi A. Annan – ‘An African at heart, but a global citizen, symbolising the best of humanity’.

by Babaco Media | Aug 23, 2018 | Communication

Recently, the world lost Kofi Annan, the former United Nations Secretary-General. I along with many others was saddened to hear the news of Kofi Annan’s death and felt extremely lucky to have met the great man – the ultimate diplomat. I interviewed him on a...

How to…Speak to a parliamentary select committee

by Babaco Media | Jul 19, 2018 | Communication

Though some of us will have seen the bawdy Prime Minister’s Questions every Wednesday at 12 noon, a lot of parliament’s work is done in select committees. A select committee is made up of a number of members of parliament, and deals with particular issues relating to...