Sally Hindmarch

According to the German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus, you are likely to forget what you learn within seven days.

A client’s team member upset one of their colleagues the other day. They didn’t mean to; to be honest they hadn’t even realised it had happened. As far as they were concerned, they had made a throwaway comment which wasn’t meant to be hurtful and had been made in jest, and they had forgotten all about it.

I started this month’s article thinking I would write about how I had been interviewed for a podcast recently.

Last month I talked about structuring a presentation and I promised that this time I’d give you a technique for how to remember what you want to say.

We’ve been contacted by a number of business owners struggling to move back to face-to-face networking and deliver great pitches. They’ve become reliant on reading their notes when meeting on-screen and feel this isn’t going to work in the room. (And they’re right!) Other clients are asking us to help them with social media video posts.

When you’re presenting, there are lots of good reasons to get into the room before everyone else arrives.

Are you a “new year, new you” type of person or more of a “new year resolutions are a short cut to disappointment” type?

Over the years I have watched a lot of people speaking at conferences, seminars and networking events.

One of the major complaints I hear about Zoom meetings is that they can be quite confrontational. A bit like constantly attending a panel interview where you are eyeballing, and being eyeballed, by everyone in the room (including yourself)!

There is a consensus that work will never be the same as it was pre-pandemic. Numerous businesses have seen how productive their staff can be at home, and a level of flexibility that wasn’t considered possible before will likely be the norm going forward.