When Ride Sheffield began a crowdfunding campaign for a new mountain biking trail, local riders and businesses got involved. Now the trail has opened, and I interviewed professional mountain bikers Annie Last and Steve Peat for my radio show. Plus news about the impact of the budget on small businesses.
SEO: a dark art? Interview with online marketing expert
April 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Search Engine Optimisation, or SEO: what is it, why’s it important for businesses and social enterprise, and how do you cut through all the jargon and implement it? My guest on today’s Business Live radio programme, on Sheffield Live 93.2FM and online, was digital marketing expert Johnny Pawlik of Mantra Media. Johnny gave an accessible, […]
Workshop in Malaysia: Journalism for Social Good
April 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Just back from a quick trip to Malaysia, delivering a workshop and training for social enterprises, organised by The British Council. Videographer Dan Jones and I had the pleasure of working with 14 social entrepreneurs, students and journalists through the Journalism for Social Good programme. Our three day workshop covered visual and audio storytelling, interviewing […]
Television interview: Matt Heason, ShAFF
March 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
2015 marks the tenth birthday of ShAFF, the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, and organiser Matt Heason says this year will have the biggest ever programme of adventure films. There’s more to ShAFF than films: the event, taking place from 20-22 March, also features the ShAFF Fringe with free events like the Cycle Touring Forum and […]
Today’s radio show: New Year resolutions for your business
January 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
New Year, new goals? Today’s episode of Business Live, my weekly radio show and the first of 2015, focused on strategies to define and achieve your goals in business in 2015. The show, broadcast on 93.2FM and livestreamed from www.sheffieldlive.org, coincided with (and featured news about) today’s #MicroBizMattersDay. Studio guest Peter Loadman, an experienced coach […]
What makes a great interview? And how do you prepare to be interviewed?
October 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Goodbye Paxo; hello Evan: a new era began this month for television’s Newsnight as Evan Davis, formerly of radio’s Today and The Bottom Line programmes and TV’s Dragon’s Den, took the reins as the show’s lead presenter after Jeremy Paxman’s long tenure ended. Inevitably, many are making comparisons between Davis’ and Paxman’s style of interviewing. […]
Interviews: Medeia Cohan and Rachel Kirk
August 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Today’s Business Live radio programme on Sheffield Live! 93.2fm featured interviews with Rachel Kirk and with Medeia Cohan.
Mmm, tasty! 2 food entrepreneurs interviewed
July 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The perks of interviewing business-owners became evident on Friday when I was joined by the owners of two fantastic food businesses, as guests on my radio show – and both brought delicious cake! Jane Stammers of Tipple Tales is a passionate baker extraordinaire of yummy rich, moist cakes bursting with fruit and nuts and laced […]
SheffEX radio interviews and film
June 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The inaugural SheffEX business exhibition took place on Monday 3rd June at Ponds Forge, designed “as a place to do business by Sheffield City Region businesses people for Sheffield City Region businesses people.” And it was a great success – with exhibition stands sold out, over 1000 delegates, and, in the words of co-organiser Tony […]
