Storytelling

Persuasive writing – Mindset, audience, headlines, key points and stories

At the October PM Forum writing workshop  we welcomed delegates from law, accountancy and forensic firms to the City offices of Simmons & Simmons (thank you for hosting!). The workshop covered writing basics, the psychology of persuasive writing and how best to adapt to different media and channels. We explored Read More

2023-10-20T09:04:04+01:00October 20, 2023|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing|

Book review: Neuroscience for learning and development by Stella Collins

The 2019 second edition of this book (subtitled “How to apply neuroscience and psychology for improved learning and training”) provides fascinating insight and practical ideas to incorporate neuroscience into learning and development initiatives. It’s published by CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) and Kogan Page. It should be essential Read More

2023-09-05T09:25:02+01:00September 5, 2023|Kim's Blog, Management Skills|

22 tips on being a persuasive writer in professional services

Lawyers (compliance, anti-trust, commercial litigation, personal injury) and marketing professionals joined me at a recent MBL workshop on writing . They engaged in writing exercises. And reviewed the copy of professional services firms. They created their own writing checklist – how to plan, write and review. Persuasive writing convinces the Read More

2023-08-14T10:07:26+01:00August 14, 2023|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Selling|

Conversation skills book review 2 – How to talk to anyone: 92 little tricks for big success by Leil Lowndes (1999, 2017)

I’m often asked to provide training in conversation skills. Whether it’s for confident or commercial conversations as part of the networking skills toolkit or part of relationship building or sales conversations. I often wonder whether the perceived conversation skills gap was caused by the imposed isolation during the Covid lockdowns Read More

2023-05-22T15:51:24+01:00May 15, 2023|Kim's Blog, Relationship Management, Selling|

Book review – Managing Brands

This post reviews the core material covered in Managing Brands Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) professional qualification (Level 6 elective New CIM professional marketing qualifications - 2020 (kimtasso.com)) and the Cambridge Marketing College’s Marketing Manager Apprenticeship – a Level 6 Qualification (kimtasso.com). It provides an overview of the Managing Brands Read More

2023-05-11T17:53:57+01:00May 11, 2023|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing, Strategy|
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