Last week I delivered a workshop on influencing as part of RADAR’s Leadership and Empowerment programme. I chose to deliver it on influencing as I think now more than ever the ability Read the rest of this entry »

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You don’t need to know Jane well to feel like you know Jane well. She has an instant likeability factor that few of us have and this is all the more remarkable as Jane is profoundly deaf. I don’t mean this to sound patronising in any way, I simply Read the rest of this entry »

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Diary of a Slightly Reluctant, Regularly Technologically Frustrated Social Media Start-Up. 

I’ve not been blogging about my social media exploits recently but I have been busy behind the scenes pushing on with Twitter and LinkedIn. 

Twitter seems to me to be 80% useless Read the rest of this entry »

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I regularly have the opportunity to work with people who are job seeking. As part of the time I spend with them we often look at what it takes to be successful. I pose the questions .. Read the rest of this entry »

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I recently heard Kerry Thorpe on the radio talking about the donor register awareness campaign she is fronting. She was so personable and so positive and she impressed me so much that she literally stopped me in my tracks. I wanted to support her with her tongue-in-cheek campaign Read the rest of this entry »

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We hear all the time how competitive the job market is and how high the unemployment rate is. We hear how competitive it is, but we also hear employers saying they can’t find the right people to fill vacancies. I don’t doubt that the volume and quality of applicants Read the rest of this entry »

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For me, the Pride Of Britain awards is by far the most worthwhile awards of the year. Every year I watch it with a lump in my throat and a tear in my, usually pretty tear proof, eyes.

To hear of the strength, hope and positive action that some human beings demonstrate, not least those who are totally up against Read the rest of this entry »

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Diary of a Slightly Reluctant, Regularly Technologically Frustrated Social Media Start-Up.

When you just look at Twitter as an outsider, without much knowledge or experience it can seem pretty confusing as a concept.

I had never really got why and how you would want to send a message consisting of 140 characters to people you didn’t seem to know!? Then I decided to stop being an ostrich, Read the rest of this entry »

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I recently read a couple of articles on theBBCOuch! Website by Rich Donovan, aNew Yorkbased disabled businessman and former Wall Street trader.

In his two articles, Mining the Disability Market and A Fresh Approach to Disability Employment, Rich considers what circumstances would lead to companies embracing disabled people as employees Read the rest of this entry »

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I was reminded of a poem this week, having spent some time with people who openly confessed to being ‘isolated’, ‘out of work’ and ‘unfulfilled’ by being scared to get out of their comfort zones.

I don’t know who it was who said it is good to scare yourself from time to time but he or she had the right idea.  It’s not called a ‘comfort’ zone for nothing but Read the rest of this entry »

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