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Is anyone listening?

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October 13, 2011 By Renée Leave a Comment

So I’ve decided to blog.  There are reasons – not self- promotion as you may imagine – but following months of nagging from colleagues who seem to think I have plenty to say.  But does anyone actually want to hear it? Well anyway, here it is.  Welcome!  Hmmm, so where do I start?  And where do I put it?  On my website?  Clearly I have, but not ideal… there’s no point writing about business issues if it’s only going to be read by Gill and maybe David.  Who else exactly would be interested enough to read 500 words about my day?  So, as you can see, I’m assuming anyone still reading at this point knows my people, knows all the stuff.  I don’t need to disguise anyone, use pseudonyms or explain who is what. Just take it if they’re here, they’re important.  Or at least weird enough for a mention.  On Facebook?  No… never seen blogging there.  Although Facebook friends tell me I’m funny… I don’t see it, never thought of myself as amusing – apart from on the pink wine days, obviously!! I do make myself laugh but surely that’s a bit odd and not what I’d want to be telling the world. Steven says I’ve got no sense of humour and the rest of my family just think I’m a bit strange – but in the best possible way, apparently.  I don’t yet have a big enough audience on Twitter to make it valuable so I simply steal snippets from other, more eloquent tweeters (dutifully acknowledged, of course). And LinkedIn just seems an excellent way to stalk people I fancied at work in years gone by.

And then the issue of what to blog about?  A lot of what happens in my life is too bizarre to be believable.  Unfabricated, unadulterated madness that really does happen. Shall I risk telling you about it? Do my views count? Friends don’t like it when my opinionated side shows its face – those rants tend to be on social issues and women things, occasionally political, rarely football-related and sometimes cultural – or lack of.  I’m not a slave to fashion and my eclectic music taste confuses many.  My friends know what pisses me off (can you say that in a www blog?) but aren’t blogs meant to be upbeat?  I can tell you about my life on a daily basis – although it’s hardly glamorous (although I have met many, many famous people, and I can tell some superb stories there – some totally true, selected ones rehashed a bit, and a few made up as I go along…).  So tell me what you want to know:  What I do apart from sleeping and watching hours of reruns of Frasier and West Wing, laptop on, well, lap? The advice I give to people when we’re in the oxygen tank? Expanded versions of the nonsense I put on Facebook? How I can now manage to go out for lunch without my stockings falling down? It’s all progress. It’s my life – and, as John Lennon said, life is just what happens to us while we’re busy making other plans.

pPease post a comment below to tell me what you’d like to know.  I’ll try to oblige…

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Renée is an amazing writer who is the author of some fantastic blogs… very informal and conversational, she talks TO the reader rather than at them. She uses a lot of humour, she doesn't take herself too seriously and isn't scared to laugh at herself; a bit of naughtiness included too for added spice(!)… I asked Renee to help me understand SEO and how to improve my site. We had a one to one session in which she explained in detail everything I needed to know. Her explanation was clear and fully understandable, which was great for me as I had no previous knowledge of SEO or social marketing. I left our meeting confident of what I needed to do in order to boost my site, which is exactly what I wanted to gain from the session... Renée is the most friendly and professional person I have ever worked with. She is an asset to any company and brings a new insight into training. I would strongly recommend Renée to any company wishing to grow and to improve staff performance… Renee is the ultimate networker and is happy to share her contacts for the benefit of others. She is very knowledgeable and has a great network of contacts... Renée creates fantastic web content and writes our twice-weekly blog. Being results-driven, she has succeeded in increasing traffic referrals to our website and raising us swiftly through Google rankings. She also runs our social media marketing campaigns effectively and handles all related staff training in a relaxed and lively manner. She’s great to work with and bakes nice cakes!... I have received great compliments about Renée from those attending the Mildmay Job Clubs... Renée has made valued contributions to our key School Policies (such as The Equality and Diversity policy and The Learning and Teaching policy). She is extremely professional, she has a great eye for detail and can empathise with the target audience. She ensures what is written is a true reflection of what is going to happen or what needs to be said whilst encompassing all stakeholders in the process... Renée’s writing is clear and concise and we have used this in our accountancy practice to produce professional letters to our clients that they can understand. All our team are unanimous when we say Renee is a pleasure to work with and we are looking forward to continuing our strong relationship... A professional and well organised outfit that exceeded expectations. Excellent feedback from the client group who asked for more of the same... Renée has a very good reputation among learners and staff. Her learners benefitted from her expertise. She has a very good outcome from her learners. We are very happy to have Renée as part of our team at Redbridge Institute of Adult Education... Renée has a very relaxed style and is able to get on with colleagues at all levels. She is able to engage very diverse audiences when training, which she delivers in a very user-friendly way. I am more than happy to talk to any potential clients…Personable, expert, high integrity... Delegates came away from the training sessions with vital new skills and a better understanding of how they could communicate more clearly… Renée was able to run these sessions in such a way as to make them both informative and enjoyable. I was remarkably impressed with Renee’s professionalism and expertise and can honestly say that she helped us achieve 100% of the targets we had set ourselves. I would have no hesitation in recommending her… Renée demonstrates outstanding oral presentation skills and has an enthusiastic approach to the subject which promotes motivation and participation between learners... Highly effective identification of individuals' learning needs, excellent support provided as appropriate: one-to-one or as a group...
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