Tork and Grunt
Blog URL http://www.torkandgrunt.blogspot.com/
Located Tunbridge Wells, Kent United Kingdom
Tags communication;, presentations, coaching, powerpoint, author
Business communicator writes about his life and work as an author, coach and trainer
Latest Blog Posts
- Stiff Upper Lip on Aug 28, 2009
The Tork & Grunt blog is changing with the emigration of their author to sunnier climes.Maybe I'll write some management stuff from time to time, but meanwhile here's something you may have seen, to add a smile to the Bank Holiday Weekend:-The Br...
- Is it Speaker Support or Audience Support? on Jun 14, 2009
Why do you hold meetings and why do you make presentations? If the answer is “to share information,” then you’re living in the pre-literate age. After all, why would you hold a meeting when you have all the resources of information technology i...
- The Clutter of Identity on May 11, 2009
The picture is my desk, a couple of minutes ago when I stopped searching Google images and reached for my Nokia 8gb. My desk is always cluttered, crowded and messy. From time to time I scoop everything off into a crate and try to get around to sortin...
- Home is where the tax is on Apr 25, 2009 in communication writer Tork and Grunt
Writers have always been able to work anywhere; it's taken me a while to find the courage to move away from my clients and - more importantly - to acknowledge that I am actually a writer. And it's taken me years to fully accept that idea, going back...
- The meaning of words on Feb 14, 2009
As a linguist and a writer, I appreciate the critical importance of understanding the subtle nuances of language. Both French and German (and many other languages around the world) have several words for "You," according to the degree of familiarity...
- How to forget the credit crunch on Jan 28, 2009 in creativity flash-mob
Try as I might, I can't find a still of the T-mobile commercial, so you'll just have to watch it here at the dedicated You-Tube section they've set up for their "Life's for Sharing." campaign.Is it fun, or is it just hype? I don't care.... I just wis...
- Hurrah - Someone's got the message...! on Jan 7, 2009 in Garr Reynolds. Slideology
'Tork & Grunt's Guide to Effective Negotiations' gets a glowing review in the January issue of Management Today. The current issue of the UK's leading management magazine reviews three new books on negotiations and praises our cavemen's tale as...
