Existing services and courses

  • Various courses, factsheets and projects on Internal Communications subjects.

    • Practical Comms Strategy & Planning 101

    • Communicating People vs. Tech Change

    • Storytelling – a practical journey (a one-hour, hands-on journey transforming a short presentation into a story)

    • Beliefs and Unicorns – what influences how your message is received

    • Editing content: succinct and informative – a journalist’s tip

    • Scripting videos for internal communications

    • Creating a Company Style and Tone of Voice (ToV) Guide

    • How to be an engaging facilitator

    • Communications coaching for leaders and people managers

    • Measurement – running, analysing and communicating a survey

    • Communicating difficult or sensitive information

    • Accessible communications 101

    • Presentation and public speaking skills

    • Communicating across borders - Internal Communications in the UK (60-mins course for international communicators – originally developed for East-European and Scandinavian practitioners not familiar with UK IC or who wanted to introduce UK IC models into their own company).

  • Various courses, factsheets and projects on a vast array of EDI-related topics, especially Disability and Accessibility:

    • Accessibility by Design and Disability Language Etiquette

    • Accessible and inclusive communications – available also as a practical workshop using your own example content and channels.

    • Disability Awareness Training with Q&As (can be done as stand-alone sessions, linked series of three parts, or as one course in a half-day or full-day session):

      o Part 1 - The basics: what is disability, the models of disability, the law, accessibility and disability statistics.

      o Part 2 – Disability in the workplace – the case for inclusive recruitment, reasonable adjustments, and accessibility by Design.

      o Part 3 - Line Manager-specific webinar, including recruitment hints and tips, retention, and manager Q&As

    • Let’s talk about… Menopause (supported by Make Menopause Matter Campaign resources and training)

    • Let’s talk about… Diabetes (I’m an accredited Diabetes UK Public Speaker).

    • Let’s Talk about… Alopecia (supported by Alopecia UK resources)

    • Consulting: Disability Awareness Training / Inclusive Recruitment and Policies / Reasonable Adjustments / Embedding Accessibility in Change and Project Planning.

    • Personal Brand

    • Personal Resilience

    • Culture – The Communicator’s Guide to… series (short courses providing an introduction to various cultures, available also as longer, half-day course, and customisable to focus more on a certain aspect, such as language, working life and business customs, etc.):

    o   …Romanian Culture

    o   …Scandinavian Culture

    o   …Norwegian Culture

    o   …Sámi Culture – the last indigenous people of Europe

    •  Factsheets, guides, and other bespoke requests

    • One-to-one Coaching: Leadership Communications Skills

    • Journalism & PR (I’m a former radio and written press journalist)