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18 October, 2016
As society continues to climb the mountain that is today’s information age, we focus more and more on the importance of social media as a communication tool, not only for individuals, but also for organisations of all shapes […]
1 October, 2016
Lies, damned lies and statistics is the old saw about how numbers and data are abused to make a point. Our job, on the other hand, is to make a point clearly and precisely. When working with numbers and […]
3 June, 2016
Few of us earn a living negotiating agreements with presidents, prime ministers or dictators. But most of us in our daily lives negotiate agreements with our bosses, colleagues, business partners, lovers, husbands, wives, and tradesmen who are repair our […]
21 May, 2016
There is one comment that always comes up in our Presentation skills courses: Speak louder! If you’re speaking in front of a room full of people, with or without a microphone, it’s likely that you’re not speaking loudly enough. We […]
3 May, 2016
It’s a long-standing rule of clear writing that we prefer the active voice to the passive voice, an authority no less than George Orwell included it in his seminal essay, Politics and the English Language. So can we ever use […]
30 March, 2016
Imagine your minister getting on the red-eye flight from Perth. Leaves Perth at 0.40 am and arrives in, say, Melbourne five hours later. Think about this person and imagine their circumstances and condition. At this time of night, all […]
30 October, 2014
Leading a team, even in good times, is no easy task. Damn it, staff are funny that way, reluctant to play the role of pawns to be directed, manipulated and sacrificed as required. In challenging times, when the stakes and […]
7 July, 2014
Tony Turner has travelled the world as an actor and expert facilitator. At Ethos CRS his speciality is presentation and communication skills. Where is the greatest place that acting/presenting/performing has taken you? I did a voice conference at the Royal […]
7 June, 2014
Director of Photography at Ethos CRS, Andrew Taylor, has travelled the world on assignment. Experienced and expert, he’s rubbed shoulders with the powerful and dodged the bullets of the dangerous. Here, in the first of an occasional series, he tells […]