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Random Memory #3 – when I nod my head…
Another in my erratic series of random memories from a lifetime of talking while pressing buttons 😎 Commenting on someone's post today about nerves when going on stage, has brought to mind the most nervous I've ever been when working. In my time I've done countless radio programmes, had a...
Behind the scenes at the Awards – who let that video camera in?
Here's the first ever video of me doing my job - the only qualification for which is to be able to read out loud, right? Look a little more closely: 1. Reading a complicated...
Random memory #2 – Tonight I’m going to be: a haggis
Today's memory is from almost forty years ago when I was a lot younger and not quite so wise. I was working on a radio station that did live cookery every Monday afternoon with a visiting expert (whose name I seem to remember was Miranda). The station's kitchen had a red light above the door, but...
Random Memory #1 – Taking dictation from Sting
A random memory of one of the weirdest things to happen in my many years in events. I was booked to showcall and announce a star-studded event called 'Peace One Day', a 20-year celebration. We'd done a yearly event previously but then it had gone virtual for a few years, so this was a bit of a...
Why have a Voiceologist?
What's the advantage to you, as an event organiser, of having The Voiceologist in the shadows with a microphone at your conference/SKO/AGM/Awards? Let me count the ways...* Timing. If I'm reading a list of nominees for an award and one gets an especially loud cheer and applause, I can ride the...
VOG musings
(September 2022) I’m writing this offstage left at the Aylesbury Waterside theatre, which will fill with people in about an hour for the 2022 Buckinghamshire Business Awards. Tonight’s format is pretty standard - for each award the on-stage presenter introduces a sponsor who reads a list of...