Let's Make This More Interesting

Episode 6: How to win a peacock show (with Gemma Parkinson)

Let's Make This More Interesting

Show Notes

This is a podcast for people who can’t afford to bore their audience. And in this episode we talk to Gemma Parkinson, a Global Marketing and Business Director at Moet Hennessy, about how to elevate a presentation into an irresistible performance when you really need to carry an audience with you. A fresh, energetic and charismatic thinker, Gemma shares her advice about how to elevate the interest when it really matters.

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