by Martyn Barmby | 14 April, 2020 | Blog, Building Confidence, Client Skills, Online Meetings, Presentation Skills, Presenting to Camera, Voice
Our Head of Voice at MSB Executive; Steven Maddocks shares simple tools and techniques to improve articulation. This is another part of our series to ensure impactful communication at online meetings....
by Martyn Barmby | 8 April, 2020 | Blog, Building Confidence, Client Skills, Presenting to Camera, Voice
Our Head of Voice at MSB Executive; Steven Maddocks provides tips, techniques and exercises specifically geared to great communication at online meetings. This video covers Intonation....
by Martyn Barmby | 25 March, 2020 | Blog, Body Language, Building Confidence, Online Meetings, Personal Profile, Presenting to Camera
One of the side effects of having so many online meetings is that we cannot avoid seeing ourselves on screen. Some people find it distracting and others even say it makes them feel anxious. This short blog is written to assure you that you are not alone. Many actors...
by Martyn Barmby | 16 March, 2020 | Building Confidence, Client Skills, Emotional Engagement, Perception, Performance, Pitching, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking
Some practical advice beyond not wearing pyjamas in meetings! Given recent events many of our clients are asking for our support to handle meetings held online rather than face to face. Below are some of the questions we have been asked: How do we keep our audience’s...
by Martyn Barmby | 20 December, 2019 | Building Confidence, Client Skills, Networking Skills, Performance, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Team Building
In Part 1 of this two-part blog, we covered these principles: let yourself fail say “yes and” Part 2 looks at how Improv can reframe the way you interact with others. Make your partner look and feel like a genius People often say to me ‘It must be...
by Nicola Hainey | 29 November, 2019 | Building Confidence, Featured, Performance, Team Building
Why is it that companies such as Facebook, Uber, Apple and Pepsico are part of the growing trend in bringing improv into their employee training programmes? What can we learn from an art form that spontaneously creates a whole show out of nothing? Well, it turns out –...