Your stage, your rules

by Babaco Media | Mar 4, 2015 | Communication

Since the publication of Insider Secrets of Public Speaking, we have been delighted and flattered to receive invitations to speak at all kinds of events on the subject. Distilling the core themes of the book into a session that is useful and interactive has meant...

How to handle a tough crowd

by Babaco Media | Feb 18, 2015 | Communication

Stand up comedy is the bear-pit of public speaking. On the average club night, you’ll typically see between three and five acts, some of them pros and some of them newbies, all trying to achieve one thing: audience laughter. If public speaking is up there on...

Careers of the future

by Babaco Media | Feb 4, 2015 | Communication

Our very own Nadine Dereza was asked to do a speech last week, with a slightly unusual brief. The subject – an overview of the careers environment we can expect in 2025 – isn’t such a surprising topic – though it involved a fair bit of...

A craving for real books

by Babaco Media | Jan 22, 2015 | Communication

The British Library is a collection of books. That’s a sentence that manages to be both an under- and over-statement. The library is, of course, much more than a collection of books, and we’ll come to that in a second. For now, let’s look at the books and what books...

In the event of a crisis…

by Babaco Media | Jan 7, 2015 | Communication

When bad things happen at Christmas, they chime a particular note in our consciousness. Hearing bad news for other people just as we are occupied with hanging stockings or wrapping presents, opening cards or peeling the potatoes makes us remember that the important...

The Apprentice winner’s big problem

by Babaco Media | Dec 23, 2014 | Communication

This year, we’ve sat through Gone Girl, Night Crawler and Gravity, but nothing made such breathless and squirm-inducing viewing as The Apprentice winner – Mark Wright’s relentless discomfort when facing three perfectly nice-looking people who may or may not have...