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June
- 06
- Jun
- 2023
Super-fast, super-effective influencing
Andy Bounds' 'super-fast, super-effective' way to prepare your influencing communication
Want someone to do something? But not sure they’ll agree to it? If so, here’s a super-fast, super-effective way to prepare your Influencing Communication.
May
- 31
- May
- 2023
The Power of Paraverbal Language
It’s not what you say - it’s how you say it
How we say words can have a big impact on the message taken by the person who is listening, says Jennifer Bartram. We use the sound of our voice to show all sorts of emotions, from excitement to anger, frustration to happiness. The choices we make in how we use those sounds help us to convey those feelings by giving meaning to words.
- 30
- May
- 2023
Why GPs need permission to say no – or we risk losing them
How can GPs cope with the rising pressures from increased workload?
I’ve written many times about the pressure of workload, how that’s affecting GPs and some of the tactics they can use to address the problems that a heavy workload is creating for them.
- 30
- May
- 2023
Why Primary Care Networks (PCNs) Need To Reboot
It's been a tough year for primary care networks
We’ve come through year end for the Primary Care Networks, and for many of them, this is a time for looking forward.
- 30
- May
- 2023
Prevention and policy: hoping for a gathering storm and not a storm in a teacup
The King's Fund's David Buck looks into prevention policy in England
Anyone who has followed health policy in England over time will recognise the cycle of rhetoric about prevention. We see announcements of revolutionary approaches and then mostly inaction, punctuated by minor announcements, all for the cycle to start again.
- 30
- May
- 2023
Tuesday Tip: Presentations – grab attention instantly
Presentations need a good start.
Presentations need a good start - when your audience loves you immediately, they'll probably keep loving you.
- 17
- May
- 2023
Can Artificial Intelligence really help us write presentations?
Can Artificial Intelligence really help us write presentations?
In January this year, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivered a speech to Bloomberg that was partly generated by artificial intelligence, or AI.
April
- 26
- Apr
- 2023
Confidence when presenting (part II)
Confidence when presenting (part II)
Here’s our second Tip on how to build your confidence when presenting.
- 26
- Apr
- 2023
Confidence when presenting (part I)
Confidence when presenting (part I)
I’ve had lots of requests for a Tip on how to build confidence when making presentations. So I’m doing two Tips on it.
I have five favourite ways to build my confidence when presenting. Here are my first three…
- 26
- Apr
- 2023
Transforming your Proposal Hit Rate
Proposals, Business Cases, Fee Quotes…
Proposals, Business Cases, Fee Quotes…
… call them what you like - but they tend to be one of two horrible things:
