October is Black History Month and as the President of Covent Garden Speakers, a Toastmasters club in central London, I wanted to take this month as an opportunity for our club to honour, celebrate and educate ourselves about Britain’s Black history. …

Last year I took part in the Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest. An annual public speaking competition, where you perform a 5–7-minute speech which is marked by a panel of anonymous judges. You get a certain number of points based on your body language, speech structure, vocal variety, and of course….how…

We all die. What have we learnt along the way? In March this year, I started a Learning Marathon with Enrol Yourself, an award-winning social enterprise redesigning lifelong learning by harnessing the power of peer groups. The Learning Marathon is a 6-month peer-led learning accelerator, where you choose your own…

SXSW: The Paradox of Digital Connection South by South West (SXSW) is an annual interactive media conference in Austin, Texas. 70,000 professionals working across industries, joined 5000 speakers talking on diverse subjects from art to artificial intelligence. SXSW is famed for being the place where tech companies and trend forecasters…

One of the meta-trends this year at SXSW 2018 was that of human connection. With the rise of connectedness through technology, the need for play, escape and real experience, away from a screen has grown. …

There were many talks at SXSW this year about the future of machine learning and AI, and the impact they will have on the workplace and our everyday lives. One thing that kept coming up in talks and panel discussions was the computer programme; AlphaGo. Go was invented in ancient…