At a recent workshop for “Practical and professional skills for marketing and business development assistants” I asked the participants for their views on the most important practical tips that they were taking away. They picked two – one might argue obvious - techniques to help them improve their communications with partners Read More
Having missed the Profile Network Property Week editor lunch at the end of January following the mini-personal crisis resulting from the theft of my purse and mobile phone, I was keen to get along to a Profile event to catch up with friends and contacts involved in property marketing – Read More
Agreeing to be the chair of a conference or seminar might be good for raising your profile (and that of your firm) and positioning you as an expert, but it can also be a bit of an own goal if you don’t get it right. There’s so much more to Read More
Last week I went along to one of the free lunchtime seminars by Kelso Consulting and enjoyed a good chat before the session started with some of the commercial lawyers who had gone along to learn about thought leadership. What is thought leadership? Tim Prizeman started by exploring the concept Read More
As I am doing a fair amount of training and coaching on presentation pitches at the moment (particularly for actuaries, construction consultants and lawyers), I thought I’d take a look at the various books on presentation skills to recommend to people who ask for additional information. When I started reading Read More
