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Georgina Clarke Pride month is the celebration of those who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. During this time, people come together to show how far gay rights have come and what work must continue to be done to result in full equality globally. ..
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Nick Gold We have spent a good portion of the last few years really understanding what we do and the value we bring. I should clarify when I say we, I am referring to both Speakers Corner and the speakers we book for clients. I have a couple of blog pieces to post, the first one here related to what Speakers Corner does and the next will be about our views on what the speakers bring.
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Olympic athlete and motivational speaker Mo Farah has been given the all clear to compete in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this month.
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Recently there has been a lot of criticism in the press (New Yorker and Observer to name a few) about disruptive innovation. I understand the evident frustration of the New Yorker article author, Jill Lepore and others who see a hard, hubristic and, many times, heartless disruptive innovation “scene".
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Parliament has set up its own group dedicated to the UK’s comedy industry; the All Party Parliamentary Group on the UK comedy industry was started by East Kilbride’s Labour MP Michael McCann.
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Rhona Nielson At Speakers Corner we are occasionally visited by some amazing speakers, and of course this causes lots of excitement in the office. Meeting our speakers is obviously a huge perk to working in this industry but more importantly it benefits our speakers and our clients.
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Why does your speakers agent ask you so very many questions? To organise an event is to marshal a million elements from waiters to WiFi: 'Look,' the frustrated client could be forgiven for saying, 'we want someone to tell a few jokes after dinner. What's it to you how we've set the room up?'
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As Scotland gears up for the Commonwealth Games, the floodlight centres on its largest city, Glasgow - a vibrant, thriving European centre for sport, culture and business, and soon to be the temporary home of international superstars and household names including Ussain Bolt and Mo Farah, as they go for gold in the 2014 Commonwealth games.
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Kate Russell is an experienced technology speaker and we thought it would be a good idea to ask her a few questions about her previous speaking engagements and find out what she has been up to recently. Read the interview below to find out a bit more about Kate...
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If the prospect of speaking in front of an audience turns your knees to jelly, you are not alone. But there are a number of things you can do to make the experience less stressful and ensure that your speech goes smoothly. These 10 public speaking tips will help you through.
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The Wired Money event started last year and is a single day event that aims to get experts in the financial sector to discuss and debate the future of money, banking and finance. This year Wired Money takes place on the 1st of July in East London’s Level 39.
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Lucian Tarnowski is the founder of BraveNewTalent, a social learning platform building Enterprise Communities. He came into the office to chat to the team.
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As the days get longer, warmer and drier, events managers start to shift their focus to the upcoming summer sports season. This can be distinguished from winter events by the size of the hats and the amount of fruit in the drinks...