If you’re following me on Twitter, thanks. Since I mentioned it a few weeks ago, I’ve picked up a small band of people who know what I’m up to (or at least the bits that I tell them). I’m not sure how this stuff will develop, but as a speaker, it gives me one more thing to talk about, so thanks again.

Don’t you wish leadership skills in this country (and everywhere else, come to think of it) were better? I do, and that’s why I agreed to chair a conference about it in Edinburgh in a couple of weeks’ time. It features top speakers from the UK and Ireland, and is called the Re-Birth of Leadership. If you have any interest in leadership, or want to know more about the event, click on that link to find out how to attend.

Bringing together leadership and speaking (see what I did there), I interviewed the schools minister, Jim Knight MP, about the quality of speaking in schools. Find out what he had to say by clicking this link. Remember – you can hear it directly through your PC’s speakers – you don’t need an iPod.

By Alan Stevens, Media Coach www.mediacoach.co.uk  

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