A Bit More Flash Gordon.

According to PR Week today; Gordon Brown’s top advisors are concerned that his speeches aren’t hitting the right chords with the public:

‘It has been ack­now­le­dged that the Governme­nt's messa­ges are too cluttered and that Gordon needs to show a bit more personality, rather than stilted language that he tends to use when he makes these speeches.'

It’s true that Brown doesn’t come across as the most charismatic when he speaks (his speech today at the Emirates stadium was an example of this and he looks down at his notes too much!), but we at Bluewood are sure that he could do better if he had the right coaching to build his confidence and inject some life into his presentations.

We are here if you need us Gordon!

This one might upset a few trainers...

An incredibly interesting debate has been started over the US versus UK stance on the use of 'off the record' comments made by interviewees.

It was prompted by the Scotsman's Gerri Peeve running a front page emblazoned with the headline 'Clinton is a Monster' - an 'off the record' comment made in an interviewee with a member of Barack Obama's staff - Samantha Powers. The discussion was firmly 'on the record' but when Powers suggested that Hillary was a monster, she quickly realised her gaffe and demanded that Peev treated it as off the record.

We always advise delegates that nothing can ever be guaranteed as off the record - so if you'd rather not see something in print then just DON'T say it.

Follow the link below to see the showdown between MSNCB's Tucker Carlson and the Scotsman's Gerri Peeve...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GKsguIRV4