Communicate

Can you wing it?
Spontaneity is essential for presenters who want to engage their audience and make an impact. Here Clive Lewis, MD of Illumine Training, reveals how to think on your feet.
Would you dare to wing it when making your next presentation? Or are you one of those people who won’t deviate one inch from […]

“Don’t read this article! You are too busy. You have a pile of other written documents to get through and what I’m about to say is probably as dull as ditchwater anyway.” Clive Lewis, MD Illumine Training. If writing is eating up your time or if your emails, proposals and reports are not being read […]

When times are tough people need to ‘up their game’. Here Clive Lewis of Illumine highlights how leaders and managers can develop the ability to reach out and communicate more powerfully .

Are poor writing standards damaging business? In this article Anthony Landale looks at the problems caused by inaccurate grammar and highlights a fast training solution.
If you want to know just how embarrassing and damaging it can be to make high profile gaffes with English then look no further than George Bush. As most of us […]

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a communication approach which can transform your impact and your ability to communicate. Here Anthony Landale outlines the fundamentals.
 
If you were advised to work on your communication to others, how would you go about it? Would you try to develop your Powerpoint presentation skills? Pay more attention to the way […]

Don’t struggle with business communication when English is not your first language
So, you are global. Communication is high on the list of your priorities. Geography, culture and language can cause differences. It’s time to consider that even when team members speak the same language, differences in semantics, accents, tone, pitch and dialects can be obstacles to successful communication.
To address […]

How do we spend most of our time communicating? The amount of time we spend communicating prepared presentations in a formal setting to groups of people is tiny compared to the amount of time we spend in informal, impromptu one to one discussions. The diagram below shows this graphically - most of our time is […]

3 Steps For Making Writing Easier
Planning - professional writers often spend twice the amount of time planning comparted to non-professional writers. It is key - it helps the writer gather all their ideas and information and it helps stimulate creative thinking. Mind Map your ideas - allows you to put all your various associated thoughts […]

When most people think about improving the impact of their verbal communication, they probably think about how to improve their presentation skills. That’s because most people would consider a formal, pre-prepared presentation to a specific target audience as the most common situation in which communication creates an impact.
In reality this is simply not the case. Most […]

Cut the Bull!
Long winded, impenetrable, meaningless jargon? How much gobbledegook does your organisation publish on its web site or send to customers? At the City of Edinburgh Council they have been taking steps to ensure that their report writers know how to communicate, effectively. Anthony Landale reports.
How often have you read reports, policies or documents […]