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The Day I Met Arianna Huffington
I followed up one of David Milliband's recommended links from his blog after noticing that he is an admirer of writer Arianna Huffington's blog. I met her once when she was Arianna Stassinopoulos, she must have been with her true love Bernard Levin then. They had a...
Government Minister David Milliband challenged about his openness
It's never been easier to access a Government Minister - or has it? David Milliband, the Minister of Communities and Local Government, went live a couple of days ago and I decided to check out his blog. Having spent last night reading one of the most authoritive books...
The greatest pleasure in life
It's not what you might be thinking! For me it's about giving. Just read tonight's Cambridge Evening News' "Living & Life" supplement and learn about the "lucky ones" at Headway Cambridgeshire, the brain injury charity, who survived horrific accidents and are now...
Blogging PR and Headway celebrations
John Bridge, President of Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce Kate Lewis and Anne Campbell Robert Sturdy MEP with Peter Cranswick at Welney WWT Today I put my PR blogging ideas to the test at a networking breakfast organised by Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce There...
Great start to the day – and discovering nature
Tracy, Liz and me walking through Cambridge to Grantchester Empty deck chairs at The Orchard Tea Rooms, Grantchester Perfectly planted cyclamen I had good news first thing this morning with a reply from Blogging4Business allowing me a media pass to attend this event....
Walking to a ripe old age – and lunch at Ellee’s
Geoff Jones Fascinating to learn in today's Cambridge Evening News that we have the UK's oldest lady on our doorstep who has just turned 106, that she used to walk several miles to school each day, but the article fails to say exactly how many miles, questions should...
Blogging for business
I am hoping to make a PR niche in blogging, I utterly trust what my blogging guru says on the subject and have been swotting hard on it too. We are always light years away from the USA on IT where blogging has been making waves for a few years now. Today I went to see...
Getting better…..
Scott, on holiday in Edinburgh, eating a haggis I am beginning to get the hang of Toastmasters. I was told it is a good sign if you feel twitchy inside, it means you are not over-confident, but I need convincing. My American friend Scott, a fantastic salsa dancer,...
More Toastmasters …..
I'm a few days late with this posting, but I have good news to report. There was a marked improvement with my latest "off the hoof" speech at Cambridge Toastmasters The tabletop topic required us to describe what it would have been like to live during a period in...