Graham Norton On LSQ TV

London, UK

Top tv presenter, Graham Norton was in Central London signing autographs when he was filmed by our "capturista" at Leicester Square Television. Graham was in town ahead of appearance in "La Cage Aux Folles"

BBC TV Presenter Appears on LSQ TV

London, UK

Presenter Andrew Marr was captured by the LSQ TV "fan-cam" a few days ago:

How To Be A TV Presenter

London, UK

You could start by joining Presenter Promotions and going on one of their many courses which are held throughout the year.

TV Presenter Dies At 70

London, UK

Lenny Bennett has passed away. Remember him well on the tv years ago.

How To Dress To Impress

London, UK

What you say as a speaker or presenter is key but so is the way you look. You may have seen other posts on this subject last year by media coach Alan Stevens. He once again, outlines the importance of "looking right" in his latest weekly e-zine. His main assertion is that your message must be congruent with how you look. In other words, dress to impress. If you're uncertain what to do try a top image consultant to start with. Once you know what's the right colour, shape and style of clothes visit a leading bespoke tailor.

LOOK THE PART

As I travel the world, I watch TV interviews, sometimes in a language I don't fully understand. However, I can often tell whether the interviewee is coming across well simply by checking their appearance. While your words are of great importance (don't believe that popular misconception that words are only 7% of meaning), appearance is importance too.

In addition to how you are perceived by others, your appearance can affect how you feel. In order to deliver a confident performance, you need to feel good about yourself, and only you can be the judge of that. Even if others tell you that you look fine, you will know whether you are happy with your appearance.

Somewhat surprisingly, your appearance is important on radio too. For the reason just mentioned, if you are feeling good about yourself, you will perform better. Not only that, but the way that you look will affect how radio interviewers treat you. If you are speaking on behalf of a professional body, such as a group of lawyers, you will not be taken so seriously if you arrive at the studios wearing jeans and a t-shirt. On the other hand, if you are an eco-warrior, a three piece pinstripe suit may be inappropriate.

Take as much care over your appearance as your message, and make sure that they work in harmony.

Web TV Production Company

London, UK

Tristar TV have recently updated their main site. Examples of tv commercials suitable for a website are highlighted.

How To View Hollywood Stars

London, UK

Have you checked out the new Leicester Square Television(LSQ TV) website? If you looking for Gemma Arterton, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney or Daniel Craig, then you'll find them all there at LSQ.TV

How To Throw Away $6000

London, UK

By signing up for this social media course as offered by a UK University.

"You better watch out if you've got long black hair"

London, UK

Those who remember the hit single by Sweet and the "Glam Rock" era may enjoy "Blok Busta", a new musical by Mike Bennett. The Leicester Square TV crew were on hand at the New Players Theatre to cover the action:

5 Popular Ways To Keep Fit For Public Speaking

London, UK

You'll be aware that any performance requires mental and physical effort and none more so than speaking in public or presenting on a regular basis. You may find by doing these five things, you stay fit for purpose:

1. Eat sensibly.

2. Exercise at least three times a week for an hour each time.

3. Get enough sleep.

4. Find time to relax each day.

5. Ensure you have enough time for a hobby once a week.

Speaking To Large Audiences

London, UK

In 1948, Winston Churchill addressed over 100,000 people at Luton Hoo. What special qualities would you need to handle that size of audience?

How To Be A Great Presenter

London, UK

You can't do much better than follow the advice of Seth Godin. This is one of his more recent blog posts.

Julia Roberts In London

London, UK

As ever, the LSQ TV "fan-cam capturista" was in Leicester Square. This time for the Premiere of Duplicity starring Julia Roberts.

Don't Forget To E-Mail

London, UK

Internet psychologist Graham Jones has written another hard-hitting post about Twitter. He points out the pitfalls of doing too much with social networking sites and not enough with plain e-mailing for business.

Jones says, "As an example, I sell five times as many ebooks using email campaigns than I do via social networking site. I'm not alone either - Tesco and Amazon produce significant returns via email marketing and only use social networking in comparatively minor ways".

Ed. I think that quote speaks volumes. He could though use a Twitter client called Tweetlater. Tweetlater sends "tweets" at regular intervals. The downside to tweets is they are limited to 140 characters. Too short, in my view for an effective message.

How To Be Top At Cold Calling

London, UK

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Perhaps Mike needs to go on a D-i-y cold-calling workshop.

Young Victoria

London, UK

The Leicester Square TV "fan-cam capturista" was out in the wind and rain on Tuesday night to see Emily Blunt arrive for the World Premiere of Young Victoria.

How To Prevent Presenting Problems

London, UK

If you're about to accept the role of corporate host or MC at an event make sure you do these three things:

1. Make friends with the AV technician

2. Check that the microphones are working correctly

3. Always do a "dry run" immediately prior to the event.

Jennifer Aniston And Me On LSQ TV

London, UK
A slight play on words with the title of her latest film, Marley & Me. Jennifer and co-star Owen Wilson were in Leicester Square last night and the LSQ TV team, despite the hustle and bustle of the media pen, managed to get some good sound bites. Also check out Zoe Salmon and Danielle Lloyd.

Marley & Me On Leicester Square Television

London, UK

LSQ TV will be covering the UK Premiere of Marley & Me. Check out the Leicester Square Television website tomorrow night.

How To Overcome The Giggles On Air

London, UK

This could happen if your faced with interviewing somebody with an unusual or silly name as highlighted on the BBC this week

Although I wasn't on air at the time, I did meet a Doctor Doctor (I kid you not) fairly recently and found it a bit difficult not to laugh. One way of overcoming the giggles is to carefully bite the inside of your lip. I wrote about this in a post over on my other site in 2007. Read the post here.

How To Combat The Fear Of Public Speaking

London, UK

A re-post from April last year:

You may have seen the various posts on my other site in relation to the fear of public-speaking.
This morning at a business breakfast, I gave a talk about how to overcome those nerves! Most of you will have an idea on how to achieve that. There's plenty of blogs out there, Eric Feng, the brilliant Lisa Braithwaite and Nick R Thomas to mention just three, who can give you plenty of tips, but you may want to delve deeper. You see, in my view, fear of public speaking doesn't really exist. What does is a fear of being found out, a fear of looking foolish or even a fear of feinting.

Just what is it that makes you nervous in front of others?

How To Be A Top Public Speaker

London, UK

One way is to have the opportunity to listen to and emulate Geoff Burch. Geoff, who presented the BBC2 hit series "All Over The Shop" last year, is probably the funniest business speaker around.

Ed. Geoff was outstanding at Communicate With Clarity last December.

Alan Carr At The Brits

London, UK

More from the LSQ TV "fan-cam". Here's comedian Alan Carr arriving:

Kylie Minouge At The Brits

London, UK

It wasn't all about Duffy at the Brits last night, here's Kylie making her entrance. The footage was taken by our resident capturista at Leicester Square Television. There's more to see at the LSQ TV site.

Ed. There's a clip of Girls Aloud at The Brits over at my other site here.

An Evening With Geoff Burch

London, UK

Internationally acclaimed business-speaker and guru Geoff Burch can be seen "Up Close And Personal" in Cheltenham, on March 3rd.

Many of you will have seen Geoff last year on BBC2 television. His show, "All Over The Shop" attracted two million viewers for each of the eight programmes shown.

The Battle Of Britain

London, UK

During the early part of 1969, the blockbuster, "The Battle Of Britain" starring Michael Caine, was filmed in part over the Margate/Ramsgate area. Here's the opening credits and an amusing piece a few minutes in:

Ed. It was amazing to see Heinkel's and Dornier's in the skies above East Kent on the Spring of 1969. I was taken to the cinema later that year at Dreamland, Margate (near to R.A.F. Manston) to see the film. Still have the special R.A.F. Manston history booklet as issued that evening.

Tweet-A-Thon - February 19th

London, UK

Will you be participating in the Tweet-A-Thon next week? Lots of celebrities and presenters taking part but precious few from the UK!

How To Give A Really Bad Speech

London, UK

For the past couple of years I've posted a number of items concerning public-speaking, or rather "how to be better at giving a speech". Along with Nick R Thomas and Lisa Braithwaite, The Media Coach, Alan Stevens, often gives brilliant advice on how to put your point across in public. His short article posted in his weekly e-zine today is no exception.



HOW TO GIVE A REALLY BAD SPEECH

As Yogi Berra used to say "You can learn a lot from watching". Well I've been watching people make speeches for over thirty years, and many of them were fantastic. Some were just average. A few were - well, utterly dreadful would not be too harsh a description. So I've come up with a checklist of how to give a really bad speech. Here it is.


Start badly
Not know how to use the microphone or other technology
Have a confusing message (or no message at all)
Patronise the audience
Read from a script
Turn your back on the audience
Try to tell jokes
Use jargon or technical language
Run out of time
End poorly

No prizes for guessing what you have to do to give a really good speech.




"This information was written by Alan Stevens, and originally appeared in "The MediaCoach", his free weekly ezine, available at www.mediacoach.co.uk."

Jonathan Ross On Leicester Square Television

London, UK

The LSQ "fan-cam" was at the BAFTA'S and caught up with presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane.

Jonathan Ross At The BAFTAS

London, UK

Presenter "Wossy" made his Twitter pledge at the BAFTAS last night. This from PA: