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What not to do

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 How to Recover When You Stumble While Speaking

How to Recover When You Stumble While Speaking

25/02/2026

A recent Rear Window item in the AFR noted Ross Du Vernet struggling to find words during a press conference (17 February). The stumble itself is understandable. The more [...]

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 AFR Commissioner, Krissy Barrett’s Debut: A Lesson in Gravitas and Authority

AFR Commissioner, Krissy Barrett’s Debut: A Lesson in Gravitas and Authority

03/11/2025

(I first shared these thoughts on LinkedIn over the weekend, but wanted to ensure they reached my regular readers here) AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett’s first major speech: 8/10 I analysed [...]

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 My analysis of Konstantin Kisin’s powerful speech at ARC 2025

My analysis of Konstantin Kisin’s powerful speech at ARC 2025

05/06/2025

Some of you may have seen this stellar and provocative 15-minute presentation by Konstantin Kisin at the February 2025 ARC Conference, delivered to an audience of world [...]

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 World Champion Toastmaster Speech: What Worked & What Didn’t

World Champion Toastmaster Speech: What Worked & What Didn’t

06/03/2025

Some of you may have seen the impressive 7:50-minute presentation by Mohammed Qahtani (MQ), the 2015 [...]

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 How to communicate like George Clooney

How to communicate like George Clooney

29/05/2024

Consider these two bits of information. #1. “If you stop moving your head around, you’ll be a movie star”.** (director, 

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 Are you being judged by the way you speak?

Are you being judged by the way you speak?

18/04/2024

Consider this. Any time someone hears you speak, it forms an impression, and a potential for loss or gain. Let me share a quotation from luminary speaker and former New South Wales premier

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 Confident, composed, clear & convincing. My analysis of RBA Governor’s 1st press conference

Confident, composed, clear & convincing. My analysis of RBA Governor’s 1st press conference

08/02/2024

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 Get promoted more quickly, by solving problems

Get promoted more quickly, by solving problems

14/12/2023

Below is a powerful vignette - contained in the book,

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 Did you believe the messenger? My analysis of the Optus CEO’s response to the outage

Did you believe the messenger? My analysis of the Optus CEO’s response to the outage

09/11/2023

Against the benchmark of a credible, believable, self-assured CEO of a major enterprise in a media regarding a significant crisis – conveyed through their affect, body language, speech and words [...]

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 The secret to projecting power and influence

The secret to projecting power and influence

02/11/2023

Here is an important quotation from comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician, Steve Martin: “People who are charismatic have a combination of dominance* and warmth**. (Often thought [...]

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