by Martyn Barmby | 18 April, 2023 | Authority, Body Language, Building Confidence, Featured, Nerves, Public Speaking
In Part 1 of this two-part series, we gave ChatGPT a chance to write one of our blogs. How did it get on? The task for ChatGPT: Write me a blog on ‘How to Overcome Nerves when Speaking in Public’ Grade: ChatGPT recently passed its MBA exam at the Wharton...
by Martyn Barmby | 6 April, 2023 | Authority, Body Language, Building Confidence, Featured, Nerves, Public Speaking
At MSB Executive we love writing our blogs. An interesting topic comes up in the office, and someone dashes off to write a blog to share with the the world. But very occasionally this doesn’t happen. Sometimes we are all simply too busy running workshops or...
by Steven Maddocks | 28 February, 2023 | Featured, Online Meetings, Presenting to Camera
Here at MSB Executive, we’re big fans of BBC TV’s Dragon’s Den. Usually we find ourselves looking at the pitchers’ performance, but in one recent episode it was the product being pitched that grabbed our attention. The View-You Cam Pitchers Dan Baker and Jonathan...
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 –...
by Martyn Barmby | 31 January, 2017 | Blog, Featured, Perception, Performance, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Storytelling
“Our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting, NOW. Look what is happening all over Europe and, indeed, the world – a horrible mess!” So says President Trump. Whatever you think about the personality or the policy, one thing is for certain:...
by Martyn Barmby | 30 June, 2015 | Building Confidence, Featured
We were delighted to be approached as sponsors of the junior prizes for the Windrush Aquathlon 2015, an event organised by our local Triathlon Club based in Brixton, South London. It was a really amazing event, excellently organised and we even made the local press....
