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You Lead To Serve
One of the many people involved with the Association of Professional Sales is Nick De Cent. Nick is Editor-in-chief of The International Journal of Sales Transformation. Some of those on the editorial...
Being An Event Host - Tip No. 63 - Facilitating
Many events where I'm hosting involve some audience participation.Some will be instructional or workshop style, others are in the style of business forums, where questions are posed by a panel, or...
Being An Event Host - Tip No. 62 - Don't Relax
Even when you're not on stage, an event host must always be on his or her mettle.It hasn't happened to me yet (as I'm always on full alert at events) but one never knows if a member of the audienc...
Richard Mullender - Top Negotiator
Here I am in discussion with Richard Mullender after his two hour workshop called Critical Listening - The Bedrock For Negotiations- much of his excellent talk was based around questioning techniq...
Making Connections
One of the those attending the event in Harrow recently was the very talented Margo Manning. In addition to herrole as an executive coach, Margo runs a successful weekly business show on her local c...
Being An Event Host - Tip No. 61 - Do The Maths
It's always a good idea to double check the recipients of awards for each category before a ceremony. This is very handy when you have multiple winners in a variety of categories (as the photo below s...
Being An Event Host - Tip No. 60 - Never Do This
When it comes to the Q&A session after a speech or when facilitating a panel discussion, there's one bad trait that inexperienced MC 's and presenters often do. They ask a bland question tot...

