The First Word
This week I get to present a workshop on how to start to write your first book. One of the hardest things to write in the whole book is the [...]
Coalition or Not
The big debate this week is who to get into bed with for the next five years. Politically that is. After our seventh democratic elections, the ANC has lost its [...]
My Choice is to Choose
This week South Africans got to go to the national and provincial polls and vote for the Government that will lead our country for the coming political season. Standing in [...]
Type, Pause, Click
Communication in these modern times has been reduced to short sharp emoji filled, vowelless sentences. And we get frustrated when people don’t listen or understand us. What has happened to [...]
Defining Your Story Anchor
Every good story needs a solid anchor, an anchor that will allow the listener to find that experiential hook within their own lives to begin to relate to the rest [...]
The Innovation Rhyme
What is there were a simple to use methodology to enable innovation and accelerate change? This is what my Formula of Persuasion offers. Here is an extract of the presentation [...]
Inducted into the Hall of Fame
The Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA) awards members who have shown exemplary service within their industry over several years evidenced by published content, peer review and impact in [...]
The world is my chess board.
Understanding and learning to play chess is an important part of success in life. Chess is not just a game in which you move pieces around a board and win [...]
When funny is not funny anymore
A great story is always made better when it includes funny. Making your audience laugh elevates the good hormones and releases tension bringing people together. Funny allows the storyteller to [...]
Is Sustainability Stickable?
Developing sustainable processes within business environments has become key to CEO and Operational teams. It is not the best practice to dive in a try things that fail and result [...]
Happy Pi Day
Today we celebrate not only Pi Day (3/14) but also the Professional Speakers Celebration Day. So firstly, for the maths nerds: Pi (π) is a mathematical constant that represents the [...]
Who are your Supporting Characters?
For every story, there is the hero, the one who rescues the princess or overcomes the obstacle to clutch victory in the face of defeat. But a lot of this [...]
