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A day at the soup kitchen

A team of Storytellers found themselves in the American Church soup kitchen on Tottenham Court Road this week, armed with Mr Muscle, plastic aprons and rubber gloves (Chris came in...

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Why the internet can’t replace difficult conversations

In 2002, my brother joined the army as an officer after graduating from university with an MA and then passing out of Sandhurst. After passing out he was immediately sent...

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Theodore Sorensen – More than just a writer

Sorensen, who died last week, was arguably one of the greatest modern speech writers.  As one of JFK's closest aids, he co-wrote his inaugural speech in 1961, and was credited...

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Creative value

It's always a challenge to demonstrate the value of great creative to sceptics… who often seem to be those who hold the budgets. The best way to bring messages to...

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Focus on dialogue

It was a whirlwind week last week, with a stimulating couple of days at Melcrum’s Strategic Communications Management Summit.  Some strong themes emerged, but one in particular stood out….the increasing...

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What’s happened to our grammar?

I was mildly incensed the other day.  There you are….an immediate oxymoron, but it’s deliberate so doesn’t count.  The point I’m about to make is that I fear that we...

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Communicating by letter still works. Aaaarrrr!

I couldn’t resist this one.  Great story in the news today about how a letter, written by a pupil in a South London primary school, resulted in a very unexpected...

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Engagement and change start with a clear narrative

David Macleod, author of The Macleod Review, has again called for every business to underpin its employee engagement efforts with a ’simple, clear and compelling narrative’ that articulates the journey...

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Picture person?

Do you prefer pictures or words? If anyone ever needed convincing that there are better ways to support a presentation than with powerpoint, then this film by the RSA might...

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